A scam to embrace is the timeshare tour. I do one every trip to Cancun. I get a free meal, drinks and 2 tickets to an excursion of my choice worth about $150. All I have to do is say "No" about 1,000 times. I do it first thing while I am waiting on my room to be ready.

They do not just copy "old masters." Not long ago I found on Ebay (presumably) this group offering Tretchicoff's Blue Lady and other "kitsch masters" works. I was leary and didn't buy. Now I know who they are, I am more tempted.