Imagine signing up for a gym membership that outlasts your great-great-grandkids’ great-grandkids. That’s exactly what happened to poor Mr. Jin in Hangzhou, who got sweet-talked into dropping $121,000 for 300 years of treadmill time. Convinced by a slick salesperson’s promise of flipping memberships for profit, Jin ended up with 26 hefty contracts and a gym bag full of regret. Now he’s suing, but the scammers have vanished faster than a New Year’s resolution.

Man Scammed into Buying 300 Years of Gym Membership