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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:50PM (#18720070)
These scams were happening at least as far back as Roman times.

Supposedly Crassus, the richest Roman of his day, made rather a lot of money like this.

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by gumby on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:44PM (#18720589)
Crassus's 6000 crucifixions in just one of his wars helped people take his threats seriously.
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