Victor Segno: Success Wave!

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Prof. A. Victor Segno and a success wave (artist’s concept).

My latest column for The Times deals with my favorite L.A. con man, Prof. A Victor Segno.

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I work at the Los Angeles Times
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5 Responses to Victor Segno: Success Wave!

  1. Mary Mallory says:

    Scams like this never go away, do they? So many TV ministers like this. Did the letter come from Jamaica rather than Jamaicia?

  2. Eve Golden says:

    It’s “The Secret,” that’s what it is! Barnum was wrong–there are three or four suckers born every minute.

  3. aryedirect says:

    We know he is a Victor Segno. And the one with really big hair. But is he THE Victor Segno? And if so, how many of them were there? Youth demands to know!

  4. Sam Flowers says:

    Are there any photos of the good Professor’s Belmont Ave. home?

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