[Exhibitman]

Wow, that's horrible, Rob. No one is too smart for a scam. I had to pull my father's @$$ out of the fire a few times when he was in his 80s, then I took over his finances to prevent more "I think I f***ed up" panicked calls. I have had many clients cheated out of lots of money over the years, even including a judge.

I am a Reagan fan when it comes to anyone asking for money: "doveryay, no proveryay" (Trust But Verify). I do my legwork before I deal with anyone. Years of investigating schemes and scumbags as a plaintiffs' attorney has made me paranoid. That, and I assume that anyone offering me an investment is selling garbage because anything worth doing the salesman would be doing with their own money and not cold-calling me to buy into it.