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I had a guy do something similar to me. He was hanging out with some of my friends and shared the last name of two brothers we knew, so I figured he was their c

I had a guy do something similar to me. He was hanging out with some of my friends and shared the last name of two brothers we knew, so I figured he was their cousin or something. Eventually he invited me out to some fancy bar with the secret intention of trying to get me to invest in his wacky financial bullshit, which was immediately obvious after about five minutes of conversation. He kept asking about my investments and I kept giving him completely contradictory answers as he kept buying me drinks, pretending to agree with me, and telling me about some "zero risk" opportunities. Eventually when he started trying to press me for a more direct answer, I was like "nah not interested" and left, got a free meal out of it on top of the free drinks lol. Later I brought up the experience to a couple of my friends who were around when I met him and they weren't sure who he was either, apparently he was unrelated to the other guys. Never saw him again.

sammalloy 5y ago
He was a con man. Watch "Better Call Saul". They have several episodes in the series featuring this exact con.
- MiddleEndian 5y ago
  He was for sure. I'll always wonder if he noticed I was deliberately answering his questions inconsistently or just thought I was a massively confused mark. I'm part of the way through Better Call Saul, so I'm sure I'll run into it eventually.
  - DonHopkins 5y ago
    Did he ask you to let him video tape you sitting on pies? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Squat%20Cobbler https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Squat%20Cobb...
    - MiddleEndian 5y ago
      lol I definitely need to start season 2
retSava 5y ago
Ha! I had a guy twenty years ago ask me to join their stock scheme. The plot went something like this - someone (at the top I presume) would start a company, sell stock, we (pawns I guess) would buy stock in that company, which would indicate a higher demand meaning increased stock value, and we would by extension all be richer! Zero risk, fool proof, badabing badaboom.

sammalloy 5y ago

He was a con man. Watch "Better Call Saul". They have several episodes in the series featuring this exact con.

MiddleEndian 5y ago
He was for sure. I'll always wonder if he noticed I was deliberately answering his questions inconsistently or just thought I was a massively confused mark. I'm part of the way through Better Call Saul, so I'm sure I'll run into it eventually.
- DonHopkins 5y ago
  Did he ask you to let him video tape you sitting on pies? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Squat%20Cobbler https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Squat%20Cobb...
  - MiddleEndian 5y ago
    lol I definitely need to start season 2

retSava 5y ago

Ha! I had a guy twenty years ago ask me to join their stock scheme. The plot went something like this - someone (at the top I presume) would start a company, sell stock, we (pawns I guess) would buy stock in that company, which would indicate a higher demand meaning increased stock value, and we would by extension all be richer! Zero risk, fool proof, badabing badaboom.