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2004/3/31-4/1 [Health/Disease/General] UID:12963 Activity:nil
3/31    http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=3118
        Is this for real, or possibly an early April Fools joke?
        \_ what about it looks like an April Fools joke?
           \_ That some brilliant researcher is smart enough to do his
              own scam and get $600,000, yet is stupid enough to fall
              for the Nigerian scam.  It's so ironic, it's hard to believe.
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news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=3118
The former Dana-Farber researcher and Harvard University professor allegedly bilked 35 students, co-workers, friends and Internet pals out of $600,000 he claimed would help launch a SARS research institute in China. These are co-workers who trusted him and believed in him and took him for his word, said Boston police Detective Steve Blair of the major case unit. Weldong Xu, 38, began the scam in July - at the height of the SARS scare - convincing mostly Asian acquaintances to lend him money for the research center, police said. One friend took a second mortgage out on his home to give Xu the money. Xu was busted arguing with another man who had given him $5,000, police said. Dana-Farber officials alerted police to the possible theft recently after Xu, a cancer and AIDS researcher since 1999, was terminated for an unrelated reason. Xu claims he used the money to invest in a questionable Nigerian business offer he received via e-mail that promised a $50 million profit.