Perfectly Crazy Cons–Mystery Question

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Perfectly Crazy Cons; Ecc3:11

Perfectly Crazy Cons is this week’s Mystery Question subject. It never ceases to amaze me what people will try to pull over on others and what others will believe.

But first the photo and scripture. When I took this photo which was taken at the same time as last week’s photo, I thought of God’s paintbrush and immediately Ecclesiastes 3:11 came to mind. I thought it fit very well!

Now for last week’s Mystery Question–Really Weird Blotter Reports. Three of these calls were actually made to 911 operators. Can you guess which one I made up?
  1. A resident informed police that on February 25 a family in the area is taking over the minds of local dogs and turning them against their owners. The resident advised police that the only way to protect the dog was to an anti-force field on his head before letting it go outside.
  2. An older woman reported to the local police that her neighbor was doing something illegal. When asked what he was doing, the woman responded she didn’t know but she knew he was because he wouldn’t look at her or wave when she waved to him.
  3. At 9:36 a.m. Monday the sheriff’s office responded to a complaint that someone had broken into a clubhouse and ate a hotdog and watched television. The complainant said it was an ongoing problem and that they were installing cameras.
  4. At 8:29 police received a call from a woman who reported she smelled something funny in her room last night. She believed it might be her husband.

And the answer is…#2! Congrats on all who guessed correctly!

Now for Perfectly Crazy Cons–this week’s Mystery Question. Three of these calls were actually made to 911 operators. Can you guess which one I made up?
  1. A moderately successful pianist died young and her husband/agent decided to release one last album of very challenging classical pieces. The CD brought much acclaim, but unfortunately, her husband had invented an album that his late wife had never actually produced. He’d spliced together her recordings with those of well-known pianists.
  2. When a man found nine-ton beams of iron used in constructing buildings, he created forged documents and pretended that the iron belonged to him, and sold them to a dealer. But it’s hard to hide such large iron beams and police eventually caught up with him.
  3. An advertisement requested participants for a brand-new reality show where the winner could walk away with over $100,000 netted a thousand emails. After choosing 30 contestants, the producer divided them into three teams. One hitch–they had to find their own place to live and the show had to make a million dollars. Two teams quit the first day, but a third team stuck it out for a week before they pulled the plug. Turned out the guy wasn’t a TV producer, and he didn’t have any networks interested in his show.
  4. A talented young man started out forging his dad’s signature on his report card, then moved on to forging it on a loan application for a pickup. A psychology major in college, he flunked out of medical school, but he didn’t let that stop him. Forging medical degrees was a piece of cake and he was hired by a large clinic as a psychologist. Everything was fine until a reporter did a story on him and she discovered his degrees were fake.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll enter you in an October drawing for a book from my library!
Perfectly Crazy Cons is the Mystery Question for this week. As usual, three real crimes and one made up. Can you guess which one? Leave your answer in the comments and I'll enter you in an October drawing for a book from my library! Share on X

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  1. Barbara Diggs

    Beautiful, refreshing and peaceful photo…just lovely.
    All the scenarios are believable, but I’m going with #2.
    The trailer was great. Loved the fire that showed when evil was mentioned.

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  2. Tim Johnson

    Pat, you find the best scenes to photograph, then match with Scripture. Thank you.

    What is it about con artists that intrigue us? I guess we think they could never fool us, until they do. I’ve know some normally smart people who acted too fast, and got conned. Then it’s not so much fun. #4 reminds me of the story of Frank Abagnale (Catch Me if You Can), who posed as a medical doctor once (never treated a patient though). His book is fascinating (better than the movie), and he eventually went straight. He was a master forger, and finally turned his con talents into work as a consultant to the FBI, banks, etc. Having said all that, I think #4 is the one you made up.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Thank you, Tim. Friday and next Tuesday I plan to use photos sent to me from people who follow the blog.

      As for the cons, you’re right. We think we’re too smart to get caught up in a con, but sometimes we get carried away in the moment and fall for a con. And we’ll see next week if it’s #4.

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  3. Alicia Haney

    I’m going with #2. Thank you for sharing your photo , it is Beautiful. Have a great day and stay safe. God Bless you and your family.

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  4. Edward Arrington

    Love the photo and verse!

    I see these all as cons but am missing the part about calls to 911. I’m choosing #4 because I thought it was 4 last week and was wrong. It’s got to be 4 sooner or later. May as well be sooner. LOL!

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  5. Trixi

    I can’t believe one of these is false! They all sound true to me…..but since I have to choose, I’ll go with #2 just because 🙂

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