The Scammer and the Barracuda

About the Book

With genuine laughter drawn from almost every page, the book tells the incredibly humorous story of how struggling salesmen working out of the Brooklyn sales office of a major encyclopedia company fall under the spell of two scam artists – who involve them in a series of outrageous adult adventures that include:

Being enticed into buying mob-manufactured-credit-cards that are used to make a variety of retail purchases.

Assisting one of the scamsters as he assumes the role of lingerie importer to better able persuade aspiring models into taking a “lingerie test.”

Getting involved with an insane former school teacher known as the barracuda who gets her jollys producing bizarre S & M shows for a mysterious sex club.

Watching in fascination as one of the scamsters skillfully uses a deposed African king to persuade a wealthy minister into investing in a highly questionable African oil deal.

About the Author

“I’ve always been able to use the spoken word to make my way in life,” says R.L. Aguas, a reformed middle-aged scamster whose past exploits include selling essentially worthless horseracing systems to gamblers for a thousand dollars a pop. . .

Getting a wealthy young businessman to finance a Madison Avenue model agency whose chief purpose was to attract beautiful women for extracurricular activities. . .

Persuading a deposed African king to unwittingly be used as a front man to convince a wealthy minister to invest huge bucks in a highly risky oil deal. . .