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This time of year seems to bring out the charity scams - I've had the Art students selling pictures to fund their studies around a few times but came across a variation last week. Young guy knocked on the door and gave me a piece of card stating his name (Zabrinksy I think) and he was deaf and dumb and selling his drawing to fund his studies. Almost pissed myself laughing - what's the best scam anybody else has come across and did you fall for it?
if you like the drawing, and you buy it from the guy for a fair price, you get a drawing, he gets a bit of cash.....who's been scammed?
The drawing are very expensive (£25-£100), unframed and he never did them - that's what I call a scam. Let me know your address - I'll send him round next time.
You know he didn't do them?
Forgery expert are you?
You know he didn't do them?Forgery expert are you?
Just some brains
It is a known scam.
what's the 'charity' aspect of the alleged 'scam'?
what's the 'charity' aspect of the alleged 'scam'?
OK pedant - Any type of scam
I once bought a shot of aniseedy spirits, only to find there was no alcohol in it.
It was a scambuca.
I get a leaflet through my door asking for "unwanted clothing" so often that it's borderline harassment. Seriously, they're practically daily, always different details and 'charities', I can only think they take any clothes they get and recycle them into leaflets.
I got a flyer a little while ago from some ****stani woo-peddler telling me in broken English that Sheikh Al-Hamzar or some such can help me with any black magic curses or disobedient womenfolk problems I might be having. That was a little disturbing.
I had someone knock on my door asking for clothes for the starving orphans.
Obviously a scam.
Anyone who fits I my clothes isn't starving.
Beware of this one..............
If a man comes to your door and says he is conducting a survey and asks you to show him your knob,
DO NOT SHOW HIM YOUR KNOB.
This is a scam.
He is only trying to see your knob.
Pass this around
This has happened to me 7 Christmases in a row & TBH, when he turned up again this year, I started to doubt it was a genuine survey
LOL @ Uplink.
Serious lol @ sxxc
Some funny posts. Uplink in particular.