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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Deaf but dumb.When telling friends this story at work I had no idea that the bloke who scammed me is a bit of a legend in old Ipswich town. He's a good looking black bloke, smartly dressed and, apparantly, deaf (not dead as I just typed - that'd be a good 'un.) He rang my doorbell having seen me put some rubbish out and passed me a note explaining that his car had broken down and he needed a quid so he could phone his girlfriend (how he would hear when she answered never crossed my mind) and naively believing him I gave him some money.
Imagine my surprise, then, when a year later he approached me in the street proffering a sheet of paper with that very same story written on it. This time I just mouthed 'no' and kept going. A year after THAT in almost the very same place he stopped me again (he can't have a good memory for faces, or I look like a mug.) This time I took the piece of paper from him (I'd got a pen in my pocket) and had almost finished writing "this is the third time you've asked me..." when he snatched the paper out of my hand and hurried away.
Turns out loads of people I know have come across this bloke and they nearly all believed him the first time. The best tale concerning him, however, is that he approached some friends of a friend at a bus stop, handed over the note only to gape in horror as one of them started talking to him in sign language... he acarpered empty handed.
Actually it's about time for annual encounter. My hair's a different colour now, so he ought to try me again...
(, Wed 24 Oct 2007, 22:28, 1 reply)
He's quite a nice blokeand has been doing it for years like you say. He used to hang around outside the College campus quite a bit and just goes away if you tell him you've met him before.
There's another chap around Ipswich who does some weird scam which doesn't make sense. I've seen him two or three times now.
He comes into a reasonably quiet pub, I've seen him in Tonic a few times in the afternoon. He writes everything down on paper (frequently destroying your newspaper) and explains he just got out of jail (presumably he goes in and out quite a bit), buys you a drink, buys a couple of shots for himself. Then asks for a couple of quid and buggers off. I've never quite understood it.
(, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 9:32, closed)
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