Easy scams you've succeeded with?

Joshy · #1 (**permalink**) 07-21-2005, 10:14 AM

I need money basically, Iv read through the scam websites listed the only one I can really see myself doing is shoving tissues up a payphone but will this even work in the uk? So what you have you tried and succeeded with and how much have u made etc? People in the UK especially share your stories cheers

dan_uk · #2 (**permalink**) 07-22-2005, 03:39 PM

Complaint letter scams (see my result topic)

Dumpster diving then selling the stuff on ebay

Paying less for things (therefore saving money on things you must buy) by couponing

Joshy · #3 (**permalink**) 07-27-2005, 09:41 AM

anyone got any others cos im still skint here

dan_uk · #4 (**permalink**) 07-27-2005, 10:18 AM

As well as trying to make money, try to save money as well, that's my best advice if you're really desperate for cash.

AFTER DARK MJ · #5 (**permalink**) 07-27-2005, 07:19 PM

If your any good with a computer you could make up some fake flyers for a charities scam. You could either make up a brand new charities or take an existing one such as Cancer Treatment Center of America. Write up a little paragraph saying something about either funding a new study for blah blah blah or maybe something about starting a new treatment center in your area and how your donation will be greatly appreciated. Make sure to include phone numbers on the top, such as a main office, I would use real phone numbers to make it look legit. Just get creative with it but be carful about spelling errors that is a dead give away. Now just take it door to door and ask for donation. You could also throw in there that donations are a tax write off, people love those. Anyone ask this is your community service for a class at school or some other bullshit. Depending on your area you could probably pull in 40 to 100 dollars in 5 or 6 hours. The thing is you end up getting alot of checks. Ohh one more thing don't do this in your area were you could end up being recognized.

Also the fact that the tittle of this discussion is scams you have succeed with I am not saying that I have ever done this, it is all speculation. :roll:

Joshy · #6 (**permalink**) 07-29-2005, 11:26 AM

what sort of checks do u mean mate?

blank stare · #7 (**permalink**) 07-29-2005, 06:35 PM

Cash checks. I got them all the time when I did it. I told people I was raising money to build a new church.

Joshy · #8 (**permalink**) 07-30-2005, 01:12 PM

so people look thru your envelope or whatever you have to see if there's money in it?

ifcked · #9 (**permalink**) 07-31-2005, 08:18 AM

Does anyone want to share a story of the "couponing" scam actually working?

ACDCROCKNROLL18 · #10 (**permalink**) 08-05-2005, 01:52 AM

Its fun, what you do is rig up a postal mail box. What you do is put a little net in there at night and in the next few days go check to see if you have any money, checks, letters of any importance, its fun and it works. Be careful.

Drunken_Master · #11 (**permalink**) 08-05-2005, 05:27 AM

Me and a few buddies read the post about scaming pizza delievery places and we gave it a try, it worked! we sat there for 30 minutes guy went in, real quick hopped out opened his door grabed a bag and hopped back in, granted we did it at 11 so we only got a clam dinner but damn it tasted good, probably cuz it was FREE.

Syrus · #12 (**permalink**) 08-05-2005, 11:23 AM

I head about this scam being done several years ago and its pretty mad but legal at the same time.

This guy needed some money so he put a add in the newspaper saying if they sent a pound (in whatever form) to him he would send them advise on how to make money. Lots of people sent away for the information and the guy sent everyone a card with information on. But every card said the same thing "Put an ad in a local newspaper saying you will send them advise on how to make money if they send you a pound then send them a card with this information on it". The guy made millions and because he acutialy delivered what he promised and worded his add the right way it was perfectly legal.

I migth of got a few details wrong but thast basicaly how it worked.

Joshy · #13 (**permalink**) 08-06-2005, 07:39 AM

people are very perceptive towards those sorts of ads now though

behindthemask · #14 (**permalink**) 04-07-2007, 07:21 AM

In Canada the minimum age to get a job is 14. Get a shit job for a while and then when you have enough money, go into scamming that makes more money. Remember if you're shit job makes more money then the scamming job take the shit job unless you love scamming people... :roll: Sorry that I can't give more helpful tips but that's my best advice

paininvmuthafuckinass · #15 (**permalink**) 04-08-2007, 12:53 AM

Pedo baiting has been the best means of money besides shoplifting so far.

Last month I was lazy and only made £70
But mid march- so far, I have had a pedo send me a Nike watch and a Lacoste jumper to my drop location which my friend can watch over since he lives on the same street as the abandoned house.

I've been pedo baiting on and off since mid January and in total I've probably made around £632 in total, which isn't bad for a 16 year old IMO.

EDIT: I'll post pics when my new sim for my new "found" phone comes and I have credit to send the pics to my E-Mail.

XeroKill · #16 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:31 PM

Well I don't know how old you are, but if you look young enough or find an enterprising youth with a mischevous spirit it is pretty easy to do.

When I was in junior high they were always giving us these different fund raisers and had us go door to door selling bullshit like candy and candles and calenders. I always went to a retirement village place with lots of old rich people. The main reason I chose the old resort village areas is because A) They are rich B) They just LOVE to help schools and kids and C) They are all senile and would never even remember they ordered the shit. Hell I am 25 and I can barely ever remember when I order stuff from co-workers kids.

If you can find a kid to help you because you can't do it yourself then you need to look old enough. Have the kid get a fund raiser from school, then go door to door in an old rich neighborhood and tell them it is to raise money for new books, school uniforms, band instruments... what ever. Tag along if you look old enough to be the kids father / mother so you can really reinforce the illusion that they are helping. They will always ask 3 questions:

1: Do we have to pay now?
2: When do we get our goods?
3: Do you take checks?

1A: Yes
2A: 2 - 3 weeks
3A: Yes, but it will take longer to get your stuff

NOTE: If they offer a check, just tell them to make it out to some local school and then rip it up. They are no good, but you don't want to look suspicious. Just chalk it up to a loss. Most times when you tell them it will take longer to get their goods, they will cough up some cash.

If they ask why they have never seen you in the area, just tell them you decided to drive a couple miles from the school to try and get as many sales as possible for junior so he can win the cool XBox for the kid that sells the most. You just wanted to go somewhere the other kids aren't likely to go.

The upshot to this is that it will be YEARS down the road and suddenly one of them will stop and say... "Hey, I don't think that kid that we bought those cookies from ever came back!" On the other hand, they probably will never be the wiser.

Now when I did this, I did it alone because I was the kid doing the selling. I made over 600 dollars one day in about 3 hours of work. Most days I would pull in about 100 - 200 bucks.

Also, as is the most important key with all face to face scams. Don't be too easy to remember. You want to be just effective enough to get them to cough up the cash, but not so much that they want to invite you in or anything. The next day they should have forgot that you even exist.

behindthemask · #17 (**permalink**) 04-16-2007, 07:32 PM

Here are some small scams that'll earn you pocket change. You pour two drinks into glasses and you get another person. You bet the other person that he can't copy exactly what you do for one minute. Set up the rules such as no bodily contortions etc. Now do things like turn in a circle, hop on one foot etc. Now take the drink and drink most of it but keep a suitable amount in your mouth. The person will drink all of it and when he's done spit the drink that was kept in your mouth back into your cup. Of course he won't be able to do it so you get to have the winnings. Another one is to take a match and bet the other person that you can hold it upside down for 45 seconds. Next light the match and when it's upside down slowly move the match back and forth until the 45 seconds is up. It won't burn you because the match will take a lot longer to burn. I hope you enjoy these scams! (I have another one but I might make a thread out of it)