Costa Concordia Disaster Inspires Fake Death Scam

Newser.com:

The first scam has emerged in an apparent bid for compensation from the operators of crippled cruise liner Costa Concordia.

A woman and her boyfriend were arrested in Hungary after falsely reporting two people missing on the ship, according to officials.

The scheme was spotted by a New York lawyer who is representing six Hungarian survivors from the wreck.

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Comments

[rockysparks]

02:47 PM on 01/25/2012

Book 'em, Danno ...

[cleojones]

01:06 PM on 01/25/2012

People will do anything for money..

[Heidi Dietrich]

11:47 AM on 01/25/2012

Now THERE'S a shock. Someone trying to get something for nothing and acting like victims of a tragedy.

[Drew2U]

02:26 PM on 01/25/2012

....Remember how many "boyfriends" and "girlfriends" came out of the woodwork duing 9/11? Nothing shocks me anymore after that.

[Carol Martin235]

10:31 AM on 01/25/2012

No surprise.