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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Paging Dr ConmanWhen I was opening my first student account I got the one which had either fifty quid or a free pager. Being a knob I wanted the free pager as this was the age when mobile phones cost hundreds of pounds and looked like house bricks. I was keen to be kept constantly up to date with the exploits of my 'crew' so we all got the pagers.
Mine didn't arrive within 14 seconds like I wanted it to, so I phoned the bank and went ape shit. I had already missed a pager bat signal about a party full of booze and naive 16 year olds and wasn't about to miss out again.
They apologised and sent another one out. Two days later another arrived, so I have two pagers. The next day I get a phone call from the bank which begins 'Did you phone up about a free pager?'. 'Shit!' I thought 'I'll have to send one back'. 'Yes that was me' I began.
He interrupted with 'I'm terribly sorry but we've run out of pagers, would it be alright to have the £50 instead?'. I paused, not believing my luck, and he took this as a sign of displeasure and jumped back in. 'Again, we must apologise, we will also credit your account with another £50 to make up for the inconvenience.
'Fine!' I managed to squeak, and the next day I am in the enviable position of having two pagers and a hundred quid. Two days later, and the postbox rattle. Yep, it's another pager.
I sold the two spares for £30 each and the haul of £160 kept me in John Smiths until February.
(, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 15:50, 1 reply)
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