Dallas Con Artist Cons Columbians

I was just catching up on the Columbia Tribune and stumbled across the tall tales of Alan Farha II. The scam artist got church’s to fork over hundreds, even thousands, of dollars after he claimed he needed money to get to his father’s funeral and money for asthma medicine and money for a hamburger that he’d totally pay back on Tuesday. I made that last one up. But the story is a good one, as stories go. Especially as I compile my list of screenplay-worthy news items. This one is probably on the Music Man cliché side, though. Still, a feel-good ending if Farha recognizes the error in his ways, gets his life back on track, and gives huge donations that save small, mid-America towns. Vince Vaughn stars. Obvs.