Stupid Stupid People

Just when you thought you had heard it all:

MONROE, La. (AP) - A man was sentenced to more than four years in prison for bilking friends and family out of more than $800,000 by convincing them that his wife was a government agent who could arrange to have their medical problems diagnosed by satellite imaging.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071206/D8TBMA080.html