False invoice scams are still disgustingly common because it takes so long for the courts to get around to stomping on the scumbags. Ken White at Popehat's been collecting data on one of them since 2010, and the sunshines have only just started getting cease and desist orders from a few state Attorney Generals late last year. http://www.popehat.com/2012/09/19/anatomy-of-a-scam-investigation-chapter-thirteen/[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt