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Showing posts with label rip off. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rip off. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Man’s Banana Peel Slip Scam Fails To Fool Anybody




"Banana peel slips have to be one of the more iconic comedic slapstick staples. Mental Floss writes that it seems to have started on Vaudeville, pointing to early 20th century comedians “Sliding” Billy Watson and Cal “Uncle Josh” Stewart as two people who were pioneers of the gag. It’s because of this association with comedy, we rarely ever think of it as being an actual danger. WJLA ABC 7’s report on Maurice Owens will not do anything to change that.

Metro has turned the tables on one slippery scam artist, charging him with fraud after he was caught on video dropping a banana peel in an elevator, then slipping on it in order to snag a big settlement from WMATA."
Read more about it here.

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Monday, May 6, 2013

alligator man scam


Alligator-Skin Man

This is another act you could see inside shows where a man looked like an alligator. The effect was done by dumping glue all over the body and letting it dry and crack until it appears scaly enough to be the alligator man.

Friday, May 3, 2013

Scam of the Fortune Teller


Scam of the Fortune Teller

Be careful of fortune tellers who say that your money problems can be solved with a spell. 
After several sessions, and gaining your confidence, they will ask you to bring in 500 dollars cash for a cleansing ritual.

They take your money and sew it in a handkerchief while reciting incantations and using magic powders. They wrap a strand of hair around it and tell you to sleep with it under your pillow for a week. 

Of course a week later upon opening the handkerchief, you’ll find just paper.
The fortune teller had a duplicate made ahead of time, and switched it with sleight of hand.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

The Original Scam School

Watch this video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BgFyGB1fS4k

Here's a nice primer from Jim Rose of Jim Rose Circus. This 5 minute vid covers all of the site titles .. fraud..rip off.. scam.. con artist...several are revealed including the pigeon drop..beware of these..they are happening as we speak ...all over the world. If you have been a victim of a scam please contact me at jimrosecircus@jimrosecircus.com or skype jimrosecircus 

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Bon Appétit! - Restaurants Owners Beware...

Ever been really hungry for steak and lobster, but didn’t think you could afford it? 
Some people never worry about money. They don’t dine and dash unless there’s an open window in the bathroom. They are far more clever and have a plan.

For example: The hustler sits down, eats dinner and gets the check. When no one is looking, he puts the check in his pocket, stands up and acts like he sees something on the floor. 
He bends over and “finds” a ring under his table. He goes to the people sitting closest and  says: “I just found this ring under my table. I’m going to give it to the manager in case someone  comes back to claim it. I’m going to point where I found it. When you see me pointing to you,  just wave so he knows the area where the ring was found.”

The con artist secretly puts the ring back into his pocket and walks up to the host. He talks for a minute about the weather or something, and says: "Those nice people are picking up my check.”  When he points to the people who were sitting by him, they wave back. Then the con artist walks  out with a free dinner in his stomach.

This next “belly buster” takes two people. The first person walks in to a Denny’s, sits at the counter and orders a steak dinner. A few minutes later his friend walks in and sits next to him and orders a cup of coffee. They act like they don’t know each other.
When no one is looking, they switch checks. The person who ate the steak dinner takes the coffee check to the cashier, pays for it and walks out. After he has had enough time to get away, the coffee drinker turns his steak dinner check over and complains that all he had was coffee. He refuses to pay for a steak dinner he did not eat. 
The two hustlers meet up later and go to another restaurant and reverse the roles so they can both have a free meal.