Scam Within a Scam

That would've been a perfect title for this ABC News Article. Alas, the reporters missed their opportunity. Now, those who are unafraid of statistics admit that the stimulus was a scam on the taxpayers. So it makes sense that non-governmental swindlers would create small scams that feed off the government's large 'stimulus' scam:

The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans to beware of scams offering to get them some of the federal government's $787 billion stimulus. The scams will likely cost you money instead of getting you money....the Federal Trade Commission revealed bogus Web sites, hoaxes and other scams that promise to help consumers tap into a chunk of the money.

To me, they're just small time scammers who don't have the political clout to legislate their scams.