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minus-squareTranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 days agoHehe, did you ever have to use the Dowsing rods that claimed it could magically sniff out both drugs and bombs?
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoBehind the Bastards did a couple eps on that https://player.fm/series/behind-the-bastards/part-one-the-fake-bomb-detector-grift-that-killed-hundreds
minus-squareWhostosay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoThis is insane, how has this not been dogged on in the news holy shit
minus-squareTranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoIt was for a short period in the late 00s. There has been a lot of stuff like this for just about any major conflict. Turns procurement officers in just about any military are just as vulnerable to con men as anyone else.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoThey also scammed the fuck out of stupid school boards in red states.
minus-squarebitteroldcoot@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoNope, not my area. But this stuff is so common we were just happy if the post it notes we ordered actually worked.
Hehe, did you ever have to use the Dowsing rods that claimed it could magically sniff out both drugs and bombs?
Behind the Bastards did a couple eps on that
https://player.fm/series/behind-the-bastards/part-one-the-fake-bomb-detector-grift-that-killed-hundreds
This is insane, how has this not been dogged on in the news holy shit
It was for a short period in the late 00s. There has been a lot of stuff like this for just about any major conflict. Turns procurement officers in just about any military are just as vulnerable to con men as anyone else.
They also scammed the fuck out of stupid school boards in red states.
Nope, not my area.
But this stuff is so common we were just happy if the post it notes we ordered actually worked.