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swiftyisNOTevil 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?

(, Thu 18 Oct 2007, 13:02)
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Identity Theft
A few years ago I was living in digs in Derby. Was on my own in a big 3 bedroomed house, all hunky-dory. I had taken on the gas/electric (as I was the only occupant) and was paying accordingly. Now 2 other chaps took up residence, seemed ok and everyone was chipping in to pay the gas/electric. Now comes the science bit, I left and informed Powergen that I was moving on and they cancelled the account under my name, they would also send the remainder of the bill so we could pay it, informed the 2 chaps, all fine.

This happened in September 2005.

Fast forward to March 2006 where I get a bill from Powergen for the remainder, to the tune of £180, sent a text to one of the chaps where I got a reply stating it's not my bill you pay it yourself and don't ever contact this number again, the other fella I had to send a letter to his parents, got a reply back stating that they haven't seen him in months and don't know where he is. So I'm stuck with a bill for £180 which I paid......

Doesn't end there....

Fast forward again to March 2007 where I receive a letter from a debt colection agency stating that I owe £813.96 for the address in Derby. Following frantic phone calls I found that the 2 cnuts had opened another account USING MY NAME! the day after I left the house in Derby. So they had free gas/leccy for 9 months before doing a moonlight flit bastards!! Therein follows many calls between myself and debt agency to this day, it's still not sorted.

Moral: Don't EVER put your name down for nothing, people will take advantage and fuck you over at the first chance. Honesty will get you nowhere and it would seem that total twunts will always get on in life.

Apologies for length

Rant over!
(, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 12:15, Reply)

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