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Author Phillips, John, 1952 November 7-

Title God wants you to roll : the $21 million "miracle cars" scam-- how two boys fleeced America's churchgoers / John Phillips III.

Imprint New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  364.163 P544g 2005    ---  Available
Edition 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Description 368 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Note Includes index.
"Armed with a list of cars and evangelical charisma, Buddha and James offered a fictional slice of the good life as a reward for piety, and the pious blindly bought in. They kept the con alive for five years, cast it nationwide through a network of pastors who sold cars during church services, and briefly realized their dreams until the Feds brought them down."--Publisher.
Subject Swindlers and swindling.
Fraud.
Fraud investigation.
Religion -- Controversial literature.
ISBN 0786714433 (pbk.)
9780786714438 (pbk.)
Standard No. YDXCP 2151183
NZ1 9227488
AU@ 000026838400
IG# 9780786714438

 
    
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