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I’m So Excited, I’m Gonna Make a Fortune, I Hope
Honestly, it’s a real gift horse!
The guy on the video said it’s so easy, anyone can do it! He said I deserve it and I owe it to my family! But I had to act quickly to take advantage of the opportunity. I mean, they’re giving a 90% discount and a whole list of special promotions and bonuses. All very limited and only available because of the pandemic!
Just think of it — 90% discount! Unbelievable, or what!
Actually, it is unbelievable, isn’t it?
Maybe I should have looked the gift horse in the mouth?
Cynical selling of easy fortunes is not a new past-time, sales tricksters have been amongst us for centuries.
The idiom, a pig in a poke, a warning not to buy something without seeing it first, dates as far back as 1275. So it seems we’ve been susceptible to ‘dodgy deals’ for at least seven centuries!
More recently, before the internet, the traps were laid in newspaper adverts. Here you could achieve quick and easy fortunes by following some magic plan or strategy, yours for just a few pounds. Of course, this led on to the deluxe version for a few pounds more, and so on and so forth.
