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  • MattO
    The O is for Oohhh
    • Feb 2003
    • 10861

    #51
    The Sierra Leone 50 Scam

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    • ItBurnsWhenIpee
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2003
      • 1288

      #52
      Originally posted by DarkJedi
      You need to do it with a friend.
      Go to RadioShack or something at late evening or night.
      Have you buddy near expensive shit cheking out DVD players etc. while you go to the mens room. When in the mens room, stick a paper clip into power outlet (make sure the clip is metal, not plastic one). Now you have a short-sercuit and there is complete darlness in the store. Your buddy grabs all the shit he can and runs out the store to his car and races away. You take the clip out (with rubber glove) and walk casually out of the store.
      I think the scam here is that you're not mentioning how you'll get the shit electrocuted out of you!

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      • Nismo
        Confirmed User
        • May 2002
        • 4977

        #53
        best scam i heard of? IBILL!
        i buy massive xxx dating traffic.

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        • DarkJedi
          No Refunds Issued.
          • Feb 2001
          • 28301

          #54
          Originally posted by ItBurnsWhenIpee


          I think the scam here is that you're not mentioning how you'll get the shit electrocuted out of you!
          i did mention that you would need to do it in rubber gloves

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          • Daymare
            Confirmed User
            • Feb 2002
            • 2674

            #55
            I heard a guy put an ad in the newspaper claiming to have a 'solar power clothes dryer' for $499.

            He made over 25k and sent his customers a 50' rope and some clothes pins.

            hehehe

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            • vegasdude
              Confirmed User
              • Jul 2001
              • 3649

              #56
              start up a webhost

              make a nice TOS... 15% cancel fee...

              overfill your servers when people want to leave 15% in da pocket ;)

              thats how most hosts works anyway!
              Did you fucking talk to me??!
              Who the fuck told you to talk to me??!"

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              • PornDaddy
                Confirmed User
                • Sep 2001
                • 354

                #57
                The best one I ever heard of:

                A guy sends every restaurant in the US he can get an address for
                a letter saying "It was no problem when the waiter spilled the drink on me, but I would prefer that you paid my Dry Cleaning bill."


                He also sent a nice looking Dry Cleaning Receipt "Printer Copy" for $13.56

                The guy received 2,000 checks per day for nearly a month.

                He only got caught because an accountant that worked for two separate restaurants noticed the same exact receipt.

                No one remembered the drink spilling, but it sounded like it may be legit. It's only $13.56, it's not worth the trouble trying to fight. And if they did, he just threw those away

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                • fiveyes
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2001
                  • 1680

                  #58
                  The "gazump" in a "sales theatre".

                  The actual sales presentation was scary, to say the least! It used tricks of carney flat games (where it originated) and involved a carefully orchestrated series of events by a group of professionals that resulted in a crowd of people spending much more than they ever thought they would for stuff they had no use for. Items such as a $10.00 "Guaranteed Aurum-Clad Necklace" (translate that as a fifty cent gold-plated peice of shlock that turned green within a week of wearing).

                  It's illegal now in New Orleans (and many other cities) after years of complaints by people that got taken by it. The use of crowd hypnosis was proven to get the legislation passed but it was actually their failure to refund the disgruntled that was their undoing. But, of course, nearly everyone was disgruntled once they realized what "Genuine Capistrano-like Ceramics" meant.
                  <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.hot-off-bourbon.com/" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://www.hot-off-bourbon.com/images/hob-logosmall.jpg" border="0"></A>

                  <FONT face="Comic Sans MS" SIZE="-1"><I>Mardi Gras, Spring Break, Wet-T, Night Club Action, UpSkirt, Oil Wrestling, Voyeur</I></FONT></CENTER>

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                  • kelly
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 901

                    #59
                    090isp - do a search on google for this ultimate scamming fucker.
                    http://www.thehungersite.com

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                    • alcorp
                      Registered User
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 65

                      #60
                      Originally posted by kelly
                      090isp - do a search on google for this ultimate scamming fucker.
                      I'll second that , and all the other sites emulating them .There are a lot still at it .

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                      • goBigtime
                        Confirmed User
                        • Nov 2002
                        • 7761

                        #61
                        I'm not tellin

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                        • maxjohan
                          Confirmed User
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 7219

                          #62
                          I see dead people.

                          I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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                          • salem
                            Registered User
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 55

                            #63
                            my fav was an ad for a premium rate phone number in the back of a porno that said something like "phone 0891....." to hear me moan and had a picture of some woman,

                            when you phoned it up you just heard a recording of some woman moaning about having to do the housework

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                            • wouncie
                              Confirmed User
                              • Apr 2002
                              • 1005

                              #64
                              Being a cat that always wants a deal I have fallen for many

                              #1:
                              Suspect: "Friend of a Friend"
                              Vehicle: 2002 Cadillac Escalade on 24's
                              Scam: He can FIX my credit for $1500.
                              Hook Line: "Look, at me!!! My shit was fuuuuuuuuuuucked up!"
                              What I got: NOTHING

                              Cost: $1500 down the drain


                              #2:
                              Suspect: 2 white "delivery men"
                              Vehicle: white van
                              Hook Line: "We delivered this order of theater speakers to a place down the street but the speaker store fucked up and gave us 4 speakers too many. ($4400 value)
                              What I got: Some no name bullshit sounds.

                              Cost: $600 down the drain

                              #3:
                              Suspect: Local Miami Hustlers
                              Vehicle: Gold Lexus Gs400
                              Hook Line: "I can get you 2 of them thangs for $30k when I know they are $25 each up your way"
                              What I got: 4.4 lbs of dry wall

                              Cost: $30k

                              #4:
                              Suspect: Pretty light skinned girl with a big booty
                              Vehicle: White Acura Legend
                              Hook Line: "Im on the pill"
                              What I got: A newborn "Crumb Snatcher"

                              Cost: $500 mo. for 18 yrs

                              And there are many more

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                              • Buffed Body
                                Confirmed User
                                • Oct 2001
                                • 114

                                #65
                                The best scam is debit card fraud.

                                Some fuck made a copy of my card last year... I don't know how they got my pin. Asshole took $1800 out of my checking account in three days before I noticed. I'm lucky I caught it. I only had 10k in that account, but my credit card was attached to it. They could have taken me for $30 just like Quiet. My bank did cover it though.

                                This scam will not go away until the banks put chips in the cards... which will happen in the next two years. Europe already did and it eliminated it. Until your debit card has a chip... be VERY CAREFUL WHERE YOU USE IT.
                                Last edited by Buffed Body; 03-31-2003, 02:54 AM.
                                Ambition is as common as dirt.

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                                • quiet
                                  we'll miss you our friend. RIP
                                  • Sep 2001
                                  • 25115

                                  #66
                                  yup, i got all the money back. it worked out to 36K... at first they wanted to wait until they'd completed a fraud investigation (3 - 4 months), but when i told them i'd be pulling everything out of my accounts and never deal with them again, they promised to reimburse me within 48 hours.

                                  bank fraud is definitely a huge ongoing scam in Canada - the corporate security guys i've talked to at my bank say it's just getting worse each month.
                                  we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                                  • Jakke PNG
                                    ex-TeenGodFather
                                    • Nov 2001
                                    • 20306

                                    #67
                                    Originally posted by PornDaddy
                                    The best one I ever heard of:

                                    A guy sends every restaurant in the US he can get an address for
                                    a letter saying "It was no problem when the waiter spilled the drink on me, but I would prefer that you paid my Dry Cleaning bill."


                                    He also sent a nice looking Dry Cleaning Receipt "Printer Copy" for $13.56

                                    The guy received 2,000 checks per day for nearly a month.

                                    He only got caught because an accountant that worked for two separate restaurants noticed the same exact receipt.

                                    No one remembered the drink spilling, but it sounded like it may be legit. It's only $13.56, it's not worth the trouble trying to fight. And if they did, he just threw those away
                                    This is a clever one.. especially if you worked in a company and could send those letters without paying for your own stamp
                                    ..and I'm off.

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                                    • funkmaster
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Sep 2001
                                      • 7938

                                      #68
                                      "The guy received 2,000 checks per day for nearly a month."

                                      ... if it takes 5 minutes to cash one, 2000 checks would have kept him busy for almost a week ...

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                                      • Patrick-HG
                                        Registered User
                                        • Apr 2002
                                        • 30

                                        #69
                                        One word

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                                        • jimmyf
                                          OU812
                                          • Feb 2001
                                          • 12651

                                          #70
                                          Originally posted by European Lee
                                          The best scam ever has to be that Nigerian one.

                                          How long has it been around now? 10 years or so?

                                          How many people STILL fall for it?

                                          Regards,

                                          Lee
                                          If not the best one of the best. I use to get snail mail on this scam, before the Internet.
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                                          • Wizzo
                                            2011 GFY Hall of Fame!
                                            • Nov 2000
                                            • 15224

                                            #71
                                            One of my favorites was the guy who took out a number of ads, for "building your own home brewery" The plans costed $19.95

                                            Then he went to his local library and photocopied a book with the plans... He made close 500k. Then the writer of the book found out, but was a nice guy and only sued him for half...
                                            Looking for Opportunity!

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                                            • jimmyf
                                              OU812
                                              • Feb 2001
                                              • 12651

                                              #72
                                              Originally posted by JosephS
                                              Funniest two scams I've seen were mail order scams.

                                              1. Get the new Instant Fly Killer! $19.95 works every time!

                                              The package shows up in the mail and its two wood blocks one has an A on it and the other a B. The instructiosn read;
                                              "Place fly on block A and hit with block B".

                                              2. A guy put an ad in the paper sayin, "Send me one dollar and I'll send you nothing". Really! Guy made several thousand dollars from it.
                                              I had a friend that worked in the Main Post office in Los Angles years ago, he told me some funny stories about scams, Like what you posted. The thing is these people open PO box''s all over the place. I think the best was this guy took out ad's in papers all over the country. Send your dollars to Peter Perfect. Well it happens the guy's name was Peter Perfect.
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                                              • natas
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Mar 2002
                                                • 3377

                                                #73
                                                Originally posted by wouncie
                                                #4:
                                                Suspect: Pretty light skinned girl with a big booty
                                                Vehicle: White Acura Legend
                                                Hook Line: "Im on the pill"
                                                What I got: A newborn "Crumb Snatcher"

                                                Cost: $500 mo. for 18 yrs

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