Have you ever been victim to a con trick or scam?
Or even been caught out with a clever wind up?
Or do the Real Hustle make it all up?
Confidence tricks
One of my mates joined a gym. They charged him for one months membership (£25) over the counter despite the fact the gym was closing down the next day.
Quote: Jack Massey @ August 5 2010, 11:32 PM BSTOne of my mates joined a gym. They charged him for one months membership (£25) over the counter despite the fact the gym was closing down the next day.
Serves him right for being trendy and joining a gym !
What's wrong with running along towpaths, footpaths etc
Just to go on some poncey equipment and 'work out with my iPod on'
Dickheads.
I said "I do" 29 years ago.
Quote: Oldrocker @ August 6 2010, 12:19 AM BSTServes him right for being trendy and joining a gym !
What's wrong with running along towpaths, footpaths etc
Just to go on some poncey equipment and 'work out with my iPod on'
Dickheads.
I don't like doing either. I much prefer working out at home. I used to own a treadmill, and found I could run for a lot longer, when I didn't have to worry about people staring at my red sweaty face. Also I could sing in the shower, without people laughing at my shit singing voice.
Quote: catskillz @ August 6 2010, 3:10 AM BSTI could run for a lot longer, when I didn't have to worry about people staring at my red sweaty face.
I imagine the main reason a lot of people want to join a gym is to be seen, and to see, everyone else.
On con tricks, I've seen plenty of the classic '3 cups' tricks being done, and it's amazing that so many people fall for it. I don't think any conmen need to do the complicated tricks that you see on The Hustle, when the public are so easy to fool.
It amazing how many times my father opens his emails and then shouts to my stepmum about how "HSBC needs our logon details."
He doesn't even have an HSBC account.
Quote: Oldrocker @ August 6 2010, 12:19 AM BSTServes him right for being trendy and joining a gym !
What's wrong with running along towpaths, footpaths etc
Just to go on some poncey equipment and 'work out with my iPod on'
Dickheads.
Towpaths are typically lacking in free weights, rowing machines and sit-up benches. They also usually come without the benefit of a shower (at least the kind you can legally soap up in) which is pretty much essential if you're ducking out from work during your lunch break and don't want to spend the rest of the day smelling like wet nuts. And what's wrong with exercising with an iPod? Were you molested by a gym as a kid or something?
Back to scams, a friend of mine once fell for the classic 'pay for some speakers, get a box of house bricks' trick. From a couple of guys in a white van no less.
I am a gym member. Haven't been in a month. Oops.
When I was young and naive I got scammed by those auction shops that crop up. Sell one digital camera to one person for £5, then tell everyone else to be in with a chance of a PS3 for £10 they need to buy the next item which is a 50p bottol of piss perfume for £5.
I have a bottle of piss perfume and nothing else.
Not really a confidence trick I suppose, but a friend of mine was on holiday, he was drunk, and he was urinating down an alley. A man approached him shouting 'Woo! Yeah!', my drunk friend was a bit weirded out, and had his penis in hand so wasn't sure how to respond really. The man put his arm round him and jumped up and down cheering, my friend was probably trying to stop the urine from flowing at this point, which we all know is tricky and sometimes painful. Then the man ran off, and my friend, suddenly sober for a moment, patted his pockets and realised his wallet had gone.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ August 6 2010, 10:23 AM BSTNot really a confidence trick I suppose, but a friend of mine was on holiday, he was drunk, and he was urinating down an alley. A man approached him shouting 'Woo! Yeah!', my drunk friend was a bit weirded out, and had his penis in hand so wasn't sure how to respond really. The man put his arm round him and jumped up and down cheering, my friend was probably trying to stop the urine from flowing at this point, which we all know is tricky and sometimes painful. Then the man ran off, and my friend, suddenly sober for a moment, patted his pockets and realised his wallet had gone.
Frankly, if he's urinating in the street he deserved everything he got. Dirty bastard.
Ah, the old rob them while they're pissing routine. I doubt we'll be seeing that on the Real Hustle.
Quote: chipolata @ August 6 2010, 10:25 AM BSTFrankly, if he's urinating in the street he deserved everything he got. Dirty bastard.
It was a foreign alley though, I believe in many countries it's actually seen as rude not to openly urinate up the side of buildings.
Quote: john lucas 101 @ August 6 2010, 10:26 AM BSTAh, the old rob them while they're pissing routine. I doubt we'll be seeing that on the Real Hustle.
I'd like to see it though, all whooshy cuts and dramatic music, with that blonde woman approaching a man, rocking back and forth on his drunken heels, pissing like a horse.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ August 6 2010, 10:23 AM BSTNot really a confidence trick I suppose, but a friend of mine was on holiday, he was drunk, and he was urinating down an alley. A man approached him shouting 'Woo! Yeah!', my drunk friend was a bit weirded out, and had his penis in hand so wasn't sure how to respond really. The man put his arm round him and jumped up and down cheering, my friend was probably trying to stop the urine from flowing at this point, which we all know is tricky and sometimes painful. Then the man ran off, and my friend, suddenly sober for a moment, patted his pockets and realised his wallet had gone.
Are you sure your friend was just paying to be bummed and didn't want to admit that was why he was broke?
Quote: sootyj @ August 6 2010, 10:42 AM BSTAre you sure your friend was just paying to be bummed and didn't want to admit that was why he was broke?
What was broke? His sphincter?!