http://blogging.la/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogging.la/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-31285 Les Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:17:36 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/#comment-31285 Thus the selection of Cerritos. It's loaded with old Asian people. Thus the selection of Cerritos. It’s loaded with old Asian people.

]]> http://blogging.la/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-31284 BusTard Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:52:11 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/#comment-31284 It is indeed a very common scam. The four Brooklyn newsweeklies at which I usta work always had reports of this scam. It was not always olde folk, either; asian people were often taken as they distrusted banks and the government (one and the same to many asians) and kept all their cash nearby. But it all comes down to one word: greed. The mark thinks that free money is gonna flow their way real soon, which is what blinds them to the current being in the opposite direction. It is indeed a very common scam. The four Brooklyn newsweeklies at which I usta work always had reports of this scam. It was not always olde folk, either; asian people were often taken as they distrusted banks and the government (one and the same to many asians) and kept all their cash nearby.
But it all comes down to one word: greed. The mark thinks that free money is gonna flow their way real soon, which is what blinds them to the current being in the opposite direction.

]]> http://blogging.la/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-31283 clownbaby Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:35:56 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/#comment-31283 Why in the hell would you need to hire an attorney to turn in a missing purse, people actually fall for this? wow. Why in the hell would you need to hire an attorney to turn in a missing purse, people actually fall for this? wow.

]]> http://blogging.la/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-31282 DrewB Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:18:18 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/#comment-31282 It's the classic pigeon drop con and it's been around forever and day. (It's referenced as an old congame in The Big Con from the 40's) It’s the classic pigeon drop con and it’s been around forever and day. (It’s referenced as an old congame in The Big Con from the 40′s)

]]> http://blogging.la/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-31281 Percival Cornelius Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:13:40 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/30/what-moron-is-falling-for-this-scam/#comment-31281 In answer to your second question: somebody tried to pull this scam on my grandmother over 40 years ago. He very gallantly offered to escort her to the bank to pick up the "good faith" money. In answer to your second question: somebody tried to pull this scam on my grandmother over 40 years ago. He very gallantly offered to escort her to the bank to pick up the “good faith” money.

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