The Chocolate Falcon Fraud (2015)
““I honestly don’t remember finding Falcone’s. All of you are sure I went to this place out in the boonies, but it’s a mystery to me.”
I ignored that and asked the question we were all thinking about. “Okay. In that final e-mail, just what did the Falcone man tell you?”
“He claimed that a third falcon does exist, just not in the form we all expect. It would be an incredible find, if it’s true. But I have my doubts.”
“In this situation,” I said, “you’re probably wise to be cautious. T...his certainly could be a setup for a con job preying on noir fans.”
Then I felt embarrassed. After all, Jeff was a big-time noir fan himself. Would he take offense?
But apparently my remark hadn’t upset Jeff. “You’re totally right, Lee,” he said. “Someone like Grossman could easily simply be a con man.”
“What makes you suspicious of a prominent collector like Grossman when it comes to a movie prop?”MoreLess
I ignored that and asked the question we were all thinking about. “Okay. In that final e-mail, just what did the Falcone man tell you?”
“He claimed that a third falcon does exist, just not in the form we all expect. It would be an incredible find, if it’s true. But I have my doubts.”
“In this situation,” I said, “you’re probably wise to be cautious. T...his certainly could be a setup for a con job preying on noir fans.”
Then I felt embarrassed. After all, Jeff was a big-time noir fan himself. Would he take offense?
But apparently my remark hadn’t upset Jeff. “You’re totally right, Lee,” he said. “Someone like Grossman could easily simply be a con man.”
“What makes you suspicious of a prominent collector like Grossman when it comes to a movie prop?”MoreLess
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