The World's Greatest Hoaxes: The Exploits of Ingenious Hoaxers, Cunning Imposters, and Their Gullible Victims
- ISBN-10
- 0760782229
- ISBN-13
- 9780760782224
- Category
- Deception
- Pages
- 446
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Author
- Geoff Tibballs
Description
By sheer good fortune Carpenter had recently taken out a £ 100 insurance policy with a firm called GRIP ( Goodfellow Rebecca Ingrams Pearson Ltd ) to protect him against being ' abducted , impregnated or eaten by aliens .
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