The Change Raising Con - Turn ?20 into ?40
05-22-2007, 01:58 PM
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The hustlers show how you can get a ?20 note and change it for ?30, ?40 or even ?50 by confusing the shop keeper.
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Although there are numerous versions used by suspects in raising the amount of change they receive, the following is the most common. It is known as the "short count."
Step #1:
Con man buys a low-priced item, usually something for under one-dollar. He gives the cashier a ten-dollar bill.
Step #2:
When the cashier hands back the change, the con says, ?I really didn?t want all this change, and I?m sure you could use it more than I could.? He then offers the cashier ten one-dollar bills in exchange for the a ten-dollar bill he used to make his original purchase.
Step #3:
The con must now get the cashier to hand over the store?s ten-dollar bill. This can be accomplished by holding onto the money until the clerk offers the ten-dollar bill. The con must now take the ten-dollar bill while simultaneously handing over the expected exchange money. What the con will actually hand the cashier is nine one-dollar bills and a ten-dollar bill, for a total of $19.00. (At this point, the clerk holds ten dollars that belongs to the store and nine of the con man?s dollars.)
Step #4:
When the cashier notices that the customer (con artist) made a mistake, the con man acts surprised and thanks her for catching the error. If she fails to catch the intentional blooper, the con brings it to the cashier?s attention saying that he might have made a mistake and would she please recount the money.
Once the cashier is aware that she is now holding $19 instead of $10.00, the con immediately says, ?Here, I?ll add another dollar to the $19 I gave you in exchange for a twenty. The con hands the clerk a dollar and takes the twenty. He then leaves the store with a ten dollar profit. (Remember, ten of the dollars in the cashier?s hand belonged to the store, so what the con actually did was to give her ten-dollars for a twenty.)
What the scam artists do in this particular con is gracefully mislead the cashiers by simultaneously carrying out several activities. In the present case, he made a small purchase, asked for change, made an intentional mistake, corrected it, and while making small talk cheated the store out of ten-dollars.
Quantum physics would be easier to understand than this stuff, you protest. And at first glance, you would be correct in your assessment. All of this is difficult to grasp after only one reading, but without the confusion the scam would not work.
Beating such con artists is very easy. All you have to do is CONDUCT ONE TRANSACTION AT A TIME. In other words, finish making chance, and if the customer asks for more chance, treat it as a separate transaction. Do this and you can't lose.
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06-27-2007, 02:33 PM
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He done that well skillfull.
I can only just see how he is doin it.
I reckon if someone tried to pull the change raising con on me it would probably work.
I think if i tried to pull the change raising con on someone else id end up getting confused and probably short change myself |
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06-27-2007, 03:27 PM
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07-08-2008, 01:40 PM
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Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0 | Re: The Change Raising Con - Turn ?20 into ?40 This is ridiculously easy when you practice it...It just takes guts...Anyway what are the penalties for this if you get caught...(I.e is it classified as theft or fraud...or whatever) |
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07-08-2008, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Gecko_Uk This is ridiculously easy when you practice it...It just takes guts...Anyway what are the penalties for this if you get caught...(I.e is it classified as theft or fraud...or whatever) | Probably theft. There's always a grey area with fraud where if they volunterily hand over money (which they essentially are doing) then it's kinda there own fault.
With this con though, it's unlikely you'd get caught and if you did the con man would simply say it was a mistake.
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07-08-2008, 03:49 PM
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07-09-2008, 12:51 AM
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Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0 | Re: The Change Raising Con - Turn ?20 into ?40 Exactly what i was thinking....I was going to do it myself until i noticed theres a few posters in shops now saying somethng along the lines of
'West mercia constabulary has recently become aware of a trick whereby the customer asks for change, then makes multiple transactions......Always count change as mistakes cannot be rectified"
well thats not exactly what it said its along those lines thats off the top of my head + i swear one of them said make the customer wait outside the shop whilst the shopkeeper checks over cctv footage...i mean wtf are they thinking? "yeah ill have a fag outside and wait for the old bill to arrest me" sounds fun
As you said if you've got a bit of confidence, and pick your target wisely your not likely to fail because it takes most people a couple of times to even notice the additional transaction, even when they know it's coming...If you are bad enough to get caught then you probably deserve it!  |
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07-16-2008, 08:15 PM
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Nominated 11 Times in 5 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0 | Re: The Change Raising Con - Turn ?20 into ?40 I've tried this trick a couple of times in the past and it's a bit hit and miss really! the 1 time it worked flawlessly and the other the cashier told me to slow down a bit as they were getting a bit confused as to what was happening! Anyway, try this at your own risk people and good luck if you do! |
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07-16-2008, 08:26 PM
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Nominated 2 Times in 1 Post TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0 | Re: The Change Raising Con - Turn ?20 into ?40 I did it playing playing monopoly the other day, scammed a tenner from the banker
I don't think I'd ever do it for no reason but if the shop pissed me off/wouldn't refund something, etc. I'd have no problem doing it.
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07-17-2008, 09:50 PM
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Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0 | Re: The Change Raising Con - Turn ?20 into ?40 I have made over 200 usd doing this. It really works, but you need practice and don't get frustrated if it doesn't work 100% of the time. And no you won't get in trouble just say it was a mistake. |
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