Back in 2021, my husband was scammed out of 2 billion won. Long story short, he purchased a large plot of land (South Korea). However, the land was located in a mountainous area designated as unfit for development, except for military or public use. Under the Forest Conservation Act, the area was virtually undevelopable, as it was meant to be preserved. Police believe that the real estate group subdivided the mountainous land into smaller lots and sold them to over 3,000 individuals, deceiving them by claiming to have insider information about upcoming redevelopment in the area.
I wanted a camcorder when I was 14 so my mom thought getting me a $50 Chinese one from Amazon for Christmas would be a good deal
Heh. When I was a kid, I wanted proper development tools. Turbo Pascal. A relative said they knew where to get a “good deal.” …imagine my surprise when there were no manuals and suspiciously hand-marked floppies. Didn’t have the heart to tell them “you paid money for this?”
(I did later save up money to buy Turbo Pascal 7.0 for DOS. Still proudly displayed on my shelf.)