Comments on: Long Confidence Tricks & Scams

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:10:53 +0000

What about an exmplanation of “The Big Store Con” for people who have never seen The Sting and don’t know what OTB means?

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:36:05 +0000

You got me hooked on Leverage!! I just watched all the episodes online since reading this post a week or two ago. Now I can’t wait for more. I found it a bit cheesy and sometimes hard to buy into, but I love “good con” type of shows (like Ocean’s 11 and the Italian Job) so I really enjoyed watching it.

To the people talking about LOST–creepiness, because the actors who played Bernard AND the one who played Anthony Cooper (the Original Sawyer, John Locke’s father) have both been on Leverage! Seeing Cooper as a bad guy again was sort of natural, but Bernard as a bad guy? no!

Anyway, thanks for hooking me on Leverage! I know I’ll be watching it when it comes back in the summer.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:43:11 +0000

The last I heard, aren’t you suppose to report scams to the US postal service. With the change
at the top, who knows now? Luckily I read them through, and if it sounds strange, I take it to the post office, and let them check it out. People have been scamming, without conscience, for so long. Wow! Thanks for the info about scamming, and the show, I will have to check it out.

By: katy

katy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:51:10 +0000

Thank you much; love your site!

By: saladdin

saladdin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:33:03 +0000

The biggest scam is marriage.

saladdin

By: Jackson

Jackson — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:33:19 +0000

I heard about another scam that seems to happen a lot during Spring Break.

If you have kids going to a foreign country someone might impersonate a hospital worker and tell you that your child was in an accident and they need immediate surgery.

They’ll say that your US insurance doesn’t work over there, but they can hook you up with an insurance agent in their local country… you just need to wire over the money.

By: Frank Curmudgeon

Frank Curmudgeon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:49:41 +0000

The Spanish Prisoner is even older than you think, dating to the era of the Spanish Armada. In the 1950′s it was practiced via good old US Mail from Mexico.

By: The Personal Finance Playbook

The Personal Finance Playbook — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:48:31 +0000

No, I haven’t seen any of season 5. I usually wait until they come out on DVD and then watch them all back to back in a crazy frenzy some weekend. I’ve seen them all through season 4 and am really excited to watch them all. As soon as all of season 5 is available I’m diving in. It’s so addictive.

By: Corporate Barbarian

Corporate Barbarian — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:19:38 +0000

Very interesting. I love movies about cons like The Sting, House of Games, and Criminal. Sawyer is a good con man!

By: Baker @ Man Vs. Debt

Baker @ Man Vs. Debt — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:15:06 +0000

Owned!

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:09:52 +0000

Wordpress 1 – Jim 1

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:09:33 +0000

Yep, Sawyer was a con man; did you see last night’s episode? craaaazy!

By: The Personal Finance Playbook

The Personal Finance Playbook — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:05:33 +0000

Have you ever seen the show Lost? One of the characters is a con man who goes extensively through some of his past cons. Actually, a couple of the characters on con men. It sounds stupid but it’s a very entertaining show.

By: Baker @ Man Vs. Debt

Baker @ Man Vs. Debt — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:04:25 +0000

Wordpress 1 – Jim 0

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:59:11 +0000

Wordpress must have eaten the rest… let me see if I can resurrect it somehow.