{"id":4987,"date":"2016-07-20T21:53:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T13:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/20\/desperate-man-offers-to-read-books-in-exchange-for-cash\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T21:53:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T13:53:53","slug":"desperate-man-offers-to-read-books-in-exchange-for-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/20\/desperate-man-offers-to-read-books-in-exchange-for-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate man offers to read books in exchange for cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fstory%2fthumbnail%2f13882%2fi5khbj37-720\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/S8yof-IsL_oDlSYYFRuq8sRHraI=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fstory%2Fthumbnail%2F13882%2Fi5KHbJ37-720.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Desperate+man+offers+to+read+books+in+exchange+for+cash&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F20%2Fscamalot-episode-5%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F20%2Fscamalot-episode-5%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Only a completely desperate scammer would be willing to offer book reviews for a cash transfer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In episode five of\u00a0<i style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N682eopajzA&amp;list=PLSKUhDnoJjYmeW6nNasZSaVAGh4u91pEk&amp;index=6\">Scamalot<\/a><\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, comedian\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/veitch.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"line-height: 1.5\">James Veitch<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">receives an email from his <i>friend<\/i>\u00a0Robert, who claims he is stuck on vacation and needs money to get home ASAP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Before he sends the cash, though, Veitch requests some feedback on his latest novel featuring robots and milkmaids.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more episodes:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/on.mash.to\/29TmmwO\">http:\/\/on.mash.to\/29TmmwO<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/20\/scamalot-episode-5\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/standalone-featured\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Standalone Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/mashable-video\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Mashable Video<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/scamalot\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Scamalot<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1469020712' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1469020712'><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/kX4UzlpxHrE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only a completely desperate scammer would be willing to offer book reviews for a cash transfer.\u00a0 In episode five of\u00a0Scamalot, comedian\u00a0James Veitch\u00a0receives an email from his friend\u00a0Robert, who claims he is stuck on vacation and needs money to get home &hellip; 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