Sweet Pete Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I'm not a fan of a chubby fud tbh. Apart from Ad Lib, he's okay. Nice enough, if a wee bit stand-offish. And looks like a budget Seth Rogen. Has a nice car though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 It's okay. I remember. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Didn't this happen on Better Call Saul? Something along the lines of his mate trying to sell a rare coin to someone in a bar? Basically the same as one of the very first episodes of Only Fools and Horses (Cash and Curry I think it was called). Del gets conned by some Indian guys into buying some statue using exactly the same strategy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I'm sure everyone has heard the one about the guy who monitors the zoo car park - if indeed that is true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 You've been watching too much Lovejoy. Never seen it in my puff. It is an old scam that is the stuff of legend but has probably never been done anywhere ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Buy a cheap framed picture. Go to a pub and ask to leave it behind bar while you run an errand. Get a mate to go in to pub,pose as a customer and offer to buy picture for £2000. Landlord will tell him it's not his to sell. Mate leaves contact number with landlord if he can get his hands on it to sell. You return to pub, landlord asks to buy picture, you tell him £100. Meet your friend in another pub and get pished off your 100 quid. Foolproof. If your mate is willing to part with 2k I would sell it to him instead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Been in a lot of pubs in my life. Never been in one which acts as a left luggage office. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Been in a lot of art stores in my life. Never heard any of them referring to a painting as luggage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I'm sure everyone has heard the one about the guy who monitors the zoo car park - if indeed that is true. It was Bristol Zoo but no, it was completely made up. I'm still shocked at the number of Bristolians that believe it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 hunter2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Been in a lot of art stores in my life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duszek Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 For those who appreciate a scam, David Mamet's House of Games is worth watching. As well as the daddy of scam films, The Sting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 For those who appreciate a scam, David Mamet's House of Games is worth watching. As well as the daddy of scam films, The Sting. House of Games is a cracking film, albeit a bit far-fetched. More twists than a Cadbury Spira. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Can't remember if I posted this great idea last time this thread was doing the rounds, but take out an advert in gullible woman's magazines, promising that you can guarantee the gender of a new-born baby for parents desperate for a boy or a girl. £1,000 or your money back. Send them a blue / pink sugar pill. If it turns out to be a boy when they wanted a girl or vice-versa, send them their money back. Otherwise, pocket the cash. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Can't remember if I posted this great idea last time this thread was doing the rounds, but take out an advert in gullible woman's magazines, promising that you can guarantee the gender of a new-born baby for parents desperate for a boy or a girl. £1,000 or your money back. Send them a blue / pink sugar pill. If it turns out to be a boy when they wanted a girl or vice-versa, send them their money back. Otherwise, pocket the cash. Both this and the fruit machine idea are brilliant and would absolutely work 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Buy a top Institutional footy team for a quid. Tell them about your ambitious plans and off the radar wealth. Use someone else's money to clear any debt. Strip the place clean selling everything that isn't nailed down. f**k off to France 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praw Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Buy a top Institutional footy team for a quid. Tell them about your ambitious plans and off the radar wealth. Use someone else's money to clear any debt. Strip the place clean selling everything that isn't nailed down. f**k off to France But surely that would only work once....Oh wait.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Pick a race with a small number of runners, say 5. Fill 50 envelopes with the name of horse number 1,with a note saying when this horse wins meet me tomorrow at 1pm and I'll sell you another tip. 50 with horse No2 meet me at 2pm etc.Go to a busy location and hand out as many sealed envelopes as you can. Next day you will have 50 eager customers ready to buy your tips. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Pick a race with a small number of runners, say 5. Fill 50 envelopes with the name of horse number 1,with a note saying when this horse wins meet me tomorrow at 1pm and I'll sell you another tip. 50 with horse No2 meet me at 2pm etc.Go to a busy location and hand out as many sealed envelopes as you can. Next day you will have 50 eager customers ready to buy your tips. Hi Derren! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hi Derren! It's from long before Derren it's an old 1950's Barras scam. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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