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Back in the day, a scammer would rush into a store and purchase a $5.00 item and then pay with a $100.00 bill. The owner would check the bill, see it was legit and then make change. The scammer would then say something like “I had to get that item for my uncle’s birthday. Now that I have that out of the way, let me get some things for myself.” They get $90.00 worth of merchandise and pay with cash. Naturally, the cashier assumes they are paying with the change they just got. Nope, the $100.00 was legit, but the rest of the bills are phony.
That is… incredibly clever social manipulation. I hate it but I cannot help but admire it to an extent.
I once walked into a small store to buy cigarettes. The guy at the counter was counting €20 bills. I asked for some cigarettes (€5) and paid with €10. When he gave me my €5 change I was confused because I thought I gave €20. I told him I gave €20 and he looked at me, thought for a moment, and then gave me the €10 and said sorry. I went home, took out the €15 and only then realized what happened.
Our minds are feeble little things.
In case you’ve never seen it, watch “The Sting” with Robert Redford. When I saw it I was annoyed that I’d seen all the cons before. Then I realized how old the movie was and got that this was the movie all the later ones had ripped off.
Oh yeah, I’m familiar. I fell in love with con and heist movies with the George Clooney Oceans movie as a kid. Have raided that genre for all its worth lol
Weirdly? I think my favorites might be the Now You See Me movies. They’re so fucking stupid but my god do I enjoy them.
If you haven’t, watch The Spanish Prisoner. It turns the genre on it’s head by telling the story from the perspective of the guy being conned.
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Rewatched it recently. 10/10 he deserved it
Looks good. I’ll check it out.
Not a con movie, but too much fun…
“Seinfeld isn’t funny” is the trope.
- pulls out a smaller $50 bill
I find this somehow funnier.
I was at the pub a couple of weeks ago while doing laundry (Laundromat is next door) and so I was just chatting with some of the other guys at the bar.
When I went to leave one of the guys went “hey don’t worry, I’ll cover your tab” and pulled out a $100 bill that was like 6"x12" haha
This is excellent
Reality is closer to:
“That candy bar is $49.95.”
pulls out a $50 bill
“Sorry, we’ve had a problem with counterfeit bills”this took me way too long to get
There is a $25 bill in Canada. Not legal tender for transactions since 2021 but is accepted at banks still.
