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Earlier this week two strangers approached a Pforzheimer House resident in what Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officials say may have been a "flim-flam" scam...

Author: By Christopher C. Pappas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PfoHo Resident Foils Scam | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...flim-flam scam, scam artists typically approach their victim with a large sum of money they claim to have found...

Author: By Christopher C. Pappas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PfoHo Resident Foils Scam | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...line. Emily and I are both recent 21 year-olds, so being carded has become quite a thrill for us. But, they barely glance at our IDs before ushering us in. There is a $5 cover charge. A cover? For a bar? We decide this place is a total scam. However, we make our entrance, to the sounds of ABBA's "Dancing Queen...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo and Pamela S. Wasserstein, S | Title: Who's on First? Friday Night in Boston's Sketchiest | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...line. Emily and I are both recent 21 year-olds, so being carded has become quite a thrill for us. But, they barely glance at our IDs before ushering us in. There is a $5 cover charge. A cover? For a bar? We decide this place is a total scam. However, we make our entrance, to the sounds of ABBA's "Dancing Queen...

Author: By Pamela S. Wasserstein, | Title: WHO'S ON | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...wished I had brought a snack. I especially am fond of those Entenmann's Pop'ems you can get at Store 24 anytime, except that one hour when they actually close. What a scam! (More on the insidious lie that is capitalism later...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff | 3/16/1999 | See Source »

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