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...says. "I was living in San Antonio, Texas, where I knew no one. I guess I was lonely." Right there is a combination that screams "victim." The American Association of Retired Persons (A.A.R.P.) figures that while anyone 60 or older is likely to be on at least one "mooch" (sucker) list, a woman 75 or older is virtually guaranteed to be. Like Downs, such women are often widows, lonely and suffering from ills that make them desperate for someone to talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELDERSCAM | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

...check for a shipment of cosmetics. Instead of the prize, she began getting calls from other telemarketing firms--one in Utah, one in Louisiana and four more in Las Vegas. The firms belonged to a new breed of con artist, those who regularly buy and sell names for their mooch lists, at prices ranging from $10 for an untested "lead" to $200 for the name of someone who has fallen for a whole series of scams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELDERSCAM | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

...wearing seatbelts. I find myself pained to know that two very positive black men won't complete their great plans. And it simply hurts to know that when I move back into Claverly Hall, they won't be there to plan our business ventures, talk about women or mooch off my microwave popcorn...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Remembering Friends | 8/15/1997 | See Source »

...little black dress is a good idea in college because you're on a limited budget and you can't mooch off of your parents really and a black dress is good for a lot of things," she says...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Formal Functions | 3/15/1997 | See Source »

This weekend, it's the first time to mooch dinner off a roommate's parents...

Author: By Maia K. Davis, | Title: Parents Descend On Yard | 11/2/1996 | See Source »

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