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Send the legit information and payment through to the city via the API of the mobile app. Raise the price and keep the difference. The best scam is the one tha
by lordnacho 5y ago
Send the legit information and payment through to the city via the API of the mobile app. Raise the price and keep the difference.
The best scam is the one that isn't detected. There's a story about a guy who collected £3 from every visitor to the Bristol Zoo car park here in the UK. Supposedly he did it for nearly two decades. Car park was free. No idea if it's real.
- mtmail 5y agoThe story about the Bristol zoo is an urban legend. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-parking-attendant/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-parking-attendant/
- somerandomqaguy 5y agoHow about this one then? Charging €17 for a highway sticker in the Czech Republic where by law they can only be sold for €12.2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsWcc-9KMEc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsWcc-9KMEc This one's actually rather clever.
- lordnacho 5y agoOne that's totally out in the open is US entry visas. If you're from outside the US, you have to fill in a government form that looks pretty old school. There are "services" that look better and turn up in searches, and will simply forward your info. I ended up using one by accident and luckily they simply paid it back immediately when I emailed them, but my hunch is most people don't detect it or don't bother to try to claw back the money.
- SturgeonsLaw 5y agoEven publicly traded household names do it https://www.courthousenews.com/hertz-settles-flap-over-golden-gate-bridge-fees/ https://www.courthousenews.com/hertz-settles-flap-over-golde...