Wedding band scheme

[hamish5178]

Originally Posted by romafan

they should rethink their scheme.

many years ago i worked w/ someone who was late coming back from lunch one day. she finally arrived, and in a tearful panic muttered 'i bet there's no such firm as bernstein assocs.!' as she paged furiously through the phone book. turns out she was walking back from lunch when a woman tapped her on the shoulder and says 'did you drop this?'. she says no and together they open the envelope to see it's stuffed w/ $$$$.

"we should bring this to my attorney at bernstein & assoc. - he'll know what to do", says the woman. phone call is made. turns out the $$$ is 'theirs' to keep as the envelope is unmarked. they can split it right there or bring it over to the office as bernstein has a great short-term investment available. will double (probably triple) $$$, but there's a minimum amount needed and the envelope is $300 short. co-worker says no problem and takes out $300 from atm. the 2 hop in a cab and drive to bernstein's office. 'wait here while i run upstairs to give mr. bernstein the $$$$ - i'll be right back...."


She fell for that? Really? Really?

 

[whusurdadi]

I'm a little confused - they scam you for $0.55?
that's pretty sad, no?

 

[unjung]

http://www.windsorstar.com/Leamingto...799/story.html

You want to talk about suckers, check this guy out. He's 22 - I have zero pity for someone stupid enough to fall for a 419 scam in this day and age.

 

[sho'nuff]

i love that movie.

Originally Posted by HomerJ

This scam sucks. A Coke? Just beg ffs or wade through one of those fountains where people throw change.

But it reminds of an excellent movie, Matchstick Men. The lottery ticket scam.

 

[SField]

It's probably what street kids do. It actually makes sense. It builds a bit of trust, they can get a ton of these rings for nothing, and they trade it for at least 1 Euro. I doubt anyone would give them less than a Euro, and I'm sure that 5 is common as well, given what they just gave you.

They can do that at least 10-15 times an hour, and that's as good as working a real job.

 

[lee_44106]

France suck, even their con-games suck.

Learn from the US, learn from Madoff.

 

[Fabienne]

Originally Posted by SField

It's probably what street kids do. It actually makes sense. It builds a bit of trust, they can get a ton of these rings for nothing, and they trade it for at least 1 Euro. I doubt anyone would give them less than a Euro, and I'm sure that 5 is common as well, given what they just gave you.

They can do that at least 10-15 times an hour, and that's as good as working a real job.

You're correct about the effect on people, I'm sure. A woman approached me, I'd say mid-thirties, dressed conservatively, English speaker with more of an American accent than a British accent, but not native. In my case, as soon as she turned her heels (I was still standing there, wondering what I should do with the ring) and came back to ask for money, my mind was made up it was a scam. I opened a coin purse I knew was almost empty and gave her 50 euro cents. She smiled and asked for more, I said that's all I had.

The person to whom it happened in London says he was also approached by a woman who wanted him to keep the ring, but he refused it and left.

However, I put two and two together and think I witnessed a similar case minutes before I was approached. That time, the receiver seemed immensely grateful for whatever she had received.