It sounds like the old "create an elaborate smokescreen comprised of the truth" trick. "Surely if he was a REAL scammer he would never do all these blatant scammy things?!"
Jimmy Savile was a master of this: "no actual pedophile would say he will stick his dick in to anyone he can lay his hands on, especially not with all the rumours floating around!?" Well...
Jimmy Savile was a master of this: "no actual pedophile would say he will stick his dick in to anyone he can lay his hands on, especially not with all the rumours floating around!?" Well...