Have you ever rncountered any street scams? Here are 2 that I have seen many times.
- You are getting into your car at a shopping center when you are approached by a guy that tells you that his boss sent him to pick up 2 speakers at a distributor. The distributor gives him 2 sets of speakers, so now he is willing to sell you one set for almost nothing.
Scam exposed:
The speakers are actualy very low quality, but large and expensive looking speakers with a counterfiet box of a well known manufactuer. Quality speakers these days are very compact and not 3 ft. high like they use to be.
- A guy appraoches you and tell you that he is in town for a clothing convention. He has clothing that he has broght to show and does not want to pay tax and shipping to return them to Italy. He will sell you leather coats for cheap.
Scam exposed:
The clothing are very low quality, the leather is synthetic and not worth anything. A guy was showing me coats and telling me the lining is shearling. Shearling is the skin removed from sheep with the woll still on it and is cut to 1/4 in and used as a coat lining. This material is very warm and expensive.When I touched the shearling, I told the scammer that it was synthetic. He just turned and walked away. Many of these guys pulling the scam claim they are from italy, buy they speak with a russian accent.
- You are getting into your car at a shopping center when you are approached by a guy that tells you that his boss sent him to pick up 2 speakers at a distributor. The distributor gives him 2 sets of speakers, so now he is willing to sell you one set for almost nothing.
Scam exposed:
The speakers are actualy very low quality, but large and expensive looking speakers with a counterfiet box of a well known manufactuer. Quality speakers these days are very compact and not 3 ft. high like they use to be.
- A guy appraoches you and tell you that he is in town for a clothing convention. He has clothing that he has broght to show and does not want to pay tax and shipping to return them to Italy. He will sell you leather coats for cheap.
Scam exposed:
The clothing are very low quality, the leather is synthetic and not worth anything. A guy was showing me coats and telling me the lining is shearling. Shearling is the skin removed from sheep with the woll still on it and is cut to 1/4 in and used as a coat lining. This material is very warm and expensive.When I touched the shearling, I told the scammer that it was synthetic. He just turned and walked away. Many of these guys pulling the scam claim they are from italy, buy they speak with a russian accent.