ConnedswiftyisNOTevil writes, "I have recently become obsessed with the BBC Three show 'The Real Hustle' - personally, I think of it as a 'How To' show for aspiring con artists."
Have you carried out a successful con? Perhaps you hustled a few quid off a stranger, or defrauded a multi-national company. Or have you been taken for the wide-eyed, naive rube that you are?
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chthonic, Thu 18 Oct 2007, 13:02)
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didn't think of it as much of a con at the time, but...My father and I never really liked each other but we did have a really good little scam going for a few years.
My parents got divorced when I was around 2-3 years old but my dad wasn't interested in taking his alloted visitation until I was closer to 7. By that time, he had figured out that he got laid more often by the women he dated when he played the "oh what a great dad you are" card.
Didn't take me long at all to catch on to what he was doing.
So, the scam was this: I would ask for all kinds of expensive presents and clothes IN FRONT OF the girlfriend-of-the-moment. Naturally, he would buy it all for me (and a bit more). This would prompt the "awwww...what a great daddy you are" response from the women who would then screw him silly because they thought they were dating a really great guy.
Dad: got laid regularly
Me: great stuff my mother couldn't afford
Mom: didn't have to buy me clothes for years.....saved a whole lot of money
Worked great every time..........that is until whichever girlfriend-of-the-moment we were playing 'happy family' for discovered she wasn't the ONLY girlfriend.
Unfortunately it all came to an end once I was too old for the sweet little kid bit.
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