Here's a great article (from 2006) about how a theoretically smart guy fell for, and still believes, that the scammer to whom he lost tons of money were the real deal.<p><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/05/15/060515fa_fact" rel="nofollow">http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/05/15/060515fa_fact</a>