My wife and I were sitting in a restaurant in Nashville years ago (it was Cracker Barrel, I believe -- I know, loose use of the word "restaurant"), and we overhead a conversation at the next table where a very gullible girl/woman (probably early 20s) was being taken by a guy. The guy claimed to be a music promoter and could get her a contract if she ponied up $10,000 or something like that. He said she should stick to asking family for the money if she didn't have it (she didn't) because it was just easier that way. She was hooked on every word, and it was pathetic.