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I like turtles
Aug 6, 2009

I've known someone that had a classic eastern european scam attempted on her.
The setup:
Team of two or three scammers, one walking in front of you, two others in "official" uniforms (though honestly in some places they might actually be official...)
The one in front drops their wallet.
You grab it and try to catch up to them to return it.
In the meantime, the "officials" come up and suggest that you've stolen the wallet and are going to be arrested and charged
That is, unless you want to pay the fine now...


Luckily she was aware of the scam - so she just crossed the street and kept walking. She said that a friend behind her saw the "officials" waiting to pounce, but not the wallet dropper

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