"Dr." Mike Murdock: Despicable Human Being

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After awakening yesterday morning to the pleasure of a day off, I flipped on the television to watch some Sunday morning TV while enjoying a nice cup of fresh-brewed coffee. Hoping to tune into some talking heads rabbling about the most relevant political topic du jour, I was instead barraged with infomercials and the standard Sunday morning televangelist fare (it was, after all, only about 7:30 AM).

I tuned into a program that caught my attention. It was a one "Dr." Mike Murdock spouting about some "120 chosen people" and how people must "give away to get back", or some such nonsense. Stripping all of the B.S. off of it, he was essentially asking people to "plant a seed" by sending him $1000 cash-money in order that they may receive back a harvest of 10-fold, maybe 20-fold in return. He even put a few testimonials up showing people that had sent him money, one even getting a check for $126,000 a few weeks later.

Now, here's the catch...

At the end of the program, there was a clear disclaimer saying that this was a paid commercial and that the station owners do not endorse the claims, yadda yadda yadda...

How can people who prey on others in this manner do such things? Oh, but if you send him the $1000, he'll send you a few books and tapes. I'm sure that this covers is proverbial behind in case of interstate fraud, etc. (The large print giveth, the small print taketh away.)

I see things like this, and it just bums me out. Isn't there some kind of watchlist we can put this guy on? What about forcing him to make a money-back guarantee if you're not one of the 120 chosen ones that God told him about? Where's the accountability?

Disgustedly yours,

-TT
 
I did find this link, which sort of lampoon's him...

http://www.thedoormagazine.com/murdock.html

But, that's just not enough in my opinion. How can a supposed tax exempt organization (which I'm sure that he has filed for and received such a status) get away with putting informercials on TV unabashedly asking for thousands of dollars?

:confused:

-TT
 
IANAL, but isn't that giving false investment advice... aka fraud? I'm pretty sure pyramid scams are illegal.
 
Years ago, my wife and I got suckered into one of those scams. The hook, in that case, was that we would also be helping the homeless. (That was the main reason we got involved, given that we had several friends who wound up on the street.)

Frankly, the best thing anyone can do about these SOBs is to expose them, and show them for what they are, revealing them to be the most worthless filth on the planet.

Ya done good, Bro.
 
His assistant gave $58 to the ministry and 14 days later found that family wounds had healed, as the man had hoped. A couple prayed for a new house and got one appraised at $58,000 – no strings attached – after the seller dropped dead.
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I thought god was over that killing people to help other's out phase of his life, you know, he had matured a bit.
 
Make an offer to Murdock to manage and invest all the donated funds for him, and add a "handling fee" to him on top. Then just return them direct to the donors and keep the profit.

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander...
 
Yeah, I'll even offer to act as an intermediary, put it in escrow, and collect the interest while we're waiting for the miracle. If the person sending the money does indeed turn out to be one of the "120 chosen", then I'll forward the original $1000 to Murdock and keep the change. If it becomes apparent after a certain amount of time that they're not, I'll send the $1000 back to the sender and still keep whatever money has accrued for myself. Either way, everybody wins.

That seems reasonable, no? :D

-TT
 
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