I've heard it said that once you have invested enough of your money into a bad deal you have become a partner, and cannot afford to stop and back out. So it is with getting pulled into a financial scam. Being in a scam is like being on a crowded escalator or in a heavy traffic jam; once there, it is virtually impossible to turn around and get out. Dennis Call's latest writing takes a look at the tragedy as well as the humor of humanity's willingness to be duped.