Well, this explains why the native inhabitants of Peru and along the Amazon are so fabulously wealthy and long-lived. Oh, wait.

I can't drum up much sympathy for those gullible morons he was fleecing. Stupid people with too much money are the traditional prey of the shyster, the snake-oil salesman, and the confidence man. They, in turn, maintain the health of the herd by weeding out the stupidest ones.