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MattO · 03-30-2003, 01:41 PM

The Sierra Leone 50 Scam

ItBurnsWhenIpee · 03-30-2003, 01:41 PM

Quote:

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!

Nismo · 03-30-2003, 02:08 PM

best scam i heard of? IBILL!

DarkJedi · 03-30-2003, 02:18 PM

Quote:

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

Daymare · 03-30-2003, 02:28 PM

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

vegasdude · 03-30-2003, 02:32 PM

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PornDaddy · 03-30-2003, 02:52 PM

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

fiveyes · 03-30-2003, 02:59 PM

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.

kelly · 03-30-2003, 03:12 PM

090isp - do a search on google for this ultimate scamming fucker.

alcorp · 03-30-2003, 05:18 PM

Quote:

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 .

goBigtime · 03-30-2003, 05:48 PM

I'm not tellin

maxjohan · 03-30-2003, 06:09 PM

I see dead people.

salem · 03-30-2003, 07:55 PM

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

wouncie · 03-30-2003, 11:58 PM

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

Buffed Body · 03-31-2003, 04:36 AM

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.

quiet · 03-31-2003, 05:00 AM

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.

Jakke PNG · 03-31-2003, 05:05 AM

Quote:

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

funkmaster · 03-31-2003, 05:23 AM

"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 ...

Patrick-HG · 03-31-2003, 06:27 AM

One word

BabeNet

jimmyf · 03-31-2003, 07:40 AM

Quote:

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.

Wizzo · 03-31-2003, 07:57 AM

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...

jimmyf · 03-31-2003, 08:04 AM

Quote:

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.

natas · 03-31-2003, 08:10 AM

Quote:

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

03-30-2003, 02:08 PM	#53
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03-30-2003, 02:59 PM	#58
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03-30-2003, 03:12 PM	#59
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03-30-2003, 06:09 PM	#62
maxjohan Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 7,219	I see dead people. __________________ I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

03-30-2003, 01:41 PM	#51
MattO The O is for Oohhh Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: AUSTIN TEJAS Posts: 10,861	The Sierra Leone 50 Scam

03-30-2003, 02:28 PM	#55
Daymare Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,674	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

03-30-2003, 02:52 PM	#57
PornDaddy Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 354	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

03-30-2003, 05:48 PM	#61
goBigtime Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,761	I'm not tellin

03-30-2003, 07:55 PM	#63
salem Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 55	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

03-30-2003, 11:58 PM	#64
wouncie Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ASSwatcher.com Posts: 1,005	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 __________________

03-31-2003, 04:36 AM	#65
Buffed Body Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 114	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. __________________ Ambition is as common as dirt. Last edited by Buffed Body; 03-31-2003 at 04:54 AM..

03-31-2003, 05:00 AM	#66
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	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.

03-31-2003, 05:23 AM	#68
funkmaster So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: shell beach Posts: 7,938	"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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03-31-2003, 07:57 AM	#71
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