[zelrik911]

I had a friend from pre-teens that exaggerated & lied all the time. He was pretty intelligent but he felt he was absolutely brilliant and kept telling anyone & everyone how successful & rich he was going to be.
He sucked in a few of our other friends who lost their money and reputations in his schemes - I didnt ever invest or lend money to to him (but did help he & his wife out with things like accommodation when he really needed it. That never had a good ending).

He got treatable cancer and died early because he refused to accept medical reality - like Steve Jobs.

I thought I was smart not giving him money, but he got me in the end because I had to help out with his funeral expenses as he died a pauper. We were friends after all.