You know those e-mail messages from Nigerian princes, seeking help to transfer large sums of money in return for a hefty cut for the suck... er, I mean generous soul who lends a helping hand? Well I guess that scam isn't entirely an invention of the internet. As evidence, check out this sequence from the classic Our Boarding House comic from 1937.
I guess every generation has its share of Major Hooples, keeping alive such get-rich-quick cons as the years go by.
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