{"id":5447,"date":"2016-09-02T20:57:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T12:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/09\/02\/how-to-use-a-numbers-game-to-shut-down-a-demanding-con-artist\/"},"modified":"2016-09-02T20:57:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T12:57:57","slug":"how-to-use-a-numbers-game-to-shut-down-a-demanding-con-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/09\/02\/how-to-use-a-numbers-game-to-shut-down-a-demanding-con-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use a numbers game to shut down a demanding con artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fstory%2fthumbnail%2f19581%2fnumbers_tn\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/2u5X8CFLO_AkN5FdQwoSrOCuJ5c=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fstory%2Fthumbnail%2F19581%2FNumbers_TN.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=How+to+use+a+numbers+game+to+shut+down+a+demanding+con+artist&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F09%2F02%2Fscamalot-numbers-game-episode%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%2F09%2F02%2Fscamalot-numbers-game-episode%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<p>James Veitch faces a demanding scammer in need of a loan in the Season 2 finale of <em>Scamalot<\/em>. 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