`dangeruss

So I get this phone message from some Frenchman, and here's his story:

He's working here in the US on a secret project with NASA and Lamborghini on a flying Lamborghini project. They've already invested $3.5 million and the design has been done. All they need now is some fancy renderings, and he's chosen me for the job. So... I don't waste the long-distance call to return his message because well... he's pretty much full of crap.

Let's examine the premise:

1: NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is a government agency and doesn't take on privatized work.

2: Lamborghini based in Santa Agata, Italy, takes enormous pride in it's engineering, and wouldn't be working off-shore with a French nationalist teamed with NASA - ever.

3: While Lamborghini's perhaps look like they could fly - they dont. Why in hell would Lambo even be interested.

4: It takes only 3.5 million dollars to design a flying car ?! Consider that the new Reventon is selling for 1.5 million.

5: So Lamborghini, a subsidiary of Audi, which is in-turn a subsidiary of Volkswagen, has no one with in those corporations who could render such a car even if the project was real?

While I'd be happy to create a wild fantastic flying car image for someone, why call me and feed me this ridiculous story? If the first thing you do is throw your credibility under a bus, why would I think that the remainder of any transaction would be trustworthy? I could see where this was likely to go; "We've spent all the development money, so if you could do the renders for free, once we sell the designs, we'll pay you handsomely."

nutjob...