Fazio could sell ice boxes to Eskimos, but mostly he sells TVs, VCRs, and DVDs with an exceptional profit margin. You see, the electronics he sells exist only in his own mind.

Consider: Fazio walks up to two guys in the parking lot of a major appliance chain store. "You wouldn’t by any chance be looking for a really great deal on big screen TVs, would you?" he asks the two men.

"What are you talking about?" one of the guys asks, being a cool businessman not wanting to appear too eager. As Fazio talks, his hands are on his hips and the two men just happen to see the flash of a pair of handcuffs on his belt.

"You a cop?" one of the guys asks.

Fazio laughs. "Ya, sure, but that’s got nothing to do with this. My merchandise is strictly legit, right out of the factory. My wife’s father owns an appliance business and there was a fire. While he’s settling with the insurance company we’re trying to unload some of the inventory out the back door, if you get my meaning."

Fazio is no cop. He’s a thief. But flashing a set of cuffs gives him a margin of credibility. These two guys believe him. They’re ready to do business.

"There’s only one thing," Fazio says, "we don’t sell single sets-we sell only in multiples of six." He quotes a price that’s a little over half the going discount rate. The two guys order five six-packs which comes to 30 big screen TV sets.

Fazio tells the men they’ll need a 10-ton truck. He gives them a day and time to meet him at the warehouse. Backed up to the loading dock, the men turn the cash over to Fazio. He goes inside to get the invoice stamped "paid in full." That’s the last time they see Fazio. He’s out the front door and long gone before they wake up.

Nothing is reported. There are no stolen TVs. No fire. No insurance fraud. The only thing that’s "real" in this entire scam is Fazio’s fertile imagination.