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Old 09-12-2011, 11:00 AM   #50
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Originally Posted by greencat View Post
This kind of substitution scam was pretty common in east London when I lived there. Practically every week some car would pull up alongside me and ask me if I wanted to buy a cheap laptop/phone. They were even kind enough to offer to drive me to a cash point. Somehow I was able to pass up any offers made by those often extremely muscular and scary looking ruffians who barely fitted their cars never mind their clothes.

I heard that those who fell for it sometimes ended up with a box containing bricks or potatoes.
As W. C. Fields said, "You can't cheat an honest man."
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