BEWARE - fake leather jacket scam. Reportage

s_b

wow
i see the old cons are the best cons
i was stopped as i was getting in my austin 1300 in 1977 and offered the coat by the business man going back to italy
these days i get offered tellies,power tools, gennies,mattresses,etc
never buy what you didnt go out to purchase is my motto

upstairs for thinking
downstairs for dancing
is my motto of the week

unbelievably im now going to have to go out in the rain to see what the latest itinerent is trying to flog me

Cash-Cow_3

Easy one this, scam the scammers.

1. Try on the real leather jacket.
2. Agree to buy it.
3. Say you don't want it boxed etc I'll keep the one on I've got, thanks.

Simples.

Elvisia

Try it on, say you're just going to the car for your wallet, and drive off!

paddyrg

Rebecca582 wrote: »

I love it fake leather jacket because my boy friend after wearing fake leather jacket is awesome look..

Couldn't agree more, totally worth rehydrating a long-dead thread to say so, too.

vuvuzela

Rebecca582 wrote: »

I love it fake leather jacket because my boy friend after wearing fake leather jacket is awesome look..

I love spam too. Do you have any for sale ?

dodger1

vuvuzela wrote: »

I love spam too. Do you have any for sale ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o

fozmcfc

Some spambot posts do make me laugh, this one has me chuckling still 5 mins after reading it.

Pookster30

Thought I'd update you all that this just happened to me...

I was approached near Hatton Garden in central London by someone in a very small Toyota Yaris or the like.

Initially he asked for directions to Heathrow Airport, which looks like it was a plan to get some sympathy as he was so far stuck in the middle of town it would have been a nightmare!

Anyhow,I helped him best I could when he stated that he had a load of samples left over after a show at Harrods. He said that he had some suits that would take him over his baggage allowance and wanted shot of. He started out saying that he didn't want anything for them and just started piling them into a bag. After the 5th suit he said 'just £600'. I stood my ground despite him asking how much could I get from the ATM! I just lumped the bag back at him and strolled off.....

Again - be careful out there guys!

LutonGirl

Someone I know got conned not that long ago in St Albans. Two guys in a white unmarked transit, cream leather suite in the back. He's still wondering why they didn't deliver it to his house as promised... A fool and his money etc etc.

Dynamite_Dave

I bought one of these jackets in the original bag from Oldcoates car boot sale nr Tickhill notts on Sunday. It wasn't sold to me by some smoothe talking Italian guy wanting a ticket back home or for his fuel etc !!! It was sold to me as a fake and as it goes its quite a nice leather look jacket for the price.
Which was £3 ....... yup ! You read it right. The princely sum of £3..... Do I get a you cant scam me badge Martin ?

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