ConnedswiftyisNOTevil writes, "I have recently become obsessed with the BBC Three show 'The Real Hustle' - personally, I think of it as a 'How To' show for aspiring con artists."
Have you carried out a successful con? Perhaps you hustled a few quid off a stranger, or defrauded a multi-national company. Or have you been taken for the wide-eyed, naive rube that you are?
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chthonic, Thu 18 Oct 2007, 13:02)
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Caught a scammerBefore I started living the dream, I worked part time in a computer game shop, we had a no quibble 30 day return policy on console games - to aid baffled mothers return the wrong games.
Anyway this dude appeared in store with a receipt and a game he wanted to return, he'd paid cash and the game was still in it's original shrink wrapping, it was near christmas so I did a basic refund with the manager watching. As soon as it went quiet, I decided to put the stock back on the shelf, but I thought I'd open it up first (just a hunch).
Yup no disc in the box, the cheeky begger had kept the disc, re-shrinkwrapped the box and filled the inside with paper.
I bet he thought he was really clever, however he wasn't that clever, as the paper he'd used to fill the box was made up of the literature we sent out with our reward points. With the scammers name and address on it..........he got charged (the police raided his house) and banned for life. I still see the guy in town and he always tries to give me this scary stare, which I then point and laugh at.
Yay for me.
(, Thu 18 Oct 2007, 20:30, Reply)
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