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oh_the_darkness
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June 06, 2008 - 08:33 PM |
 
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^ Hey that's a given.
Tits for tea. |
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Ah Beng
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Location: Shanghai Paradise
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June 06, 2008 - 10:32 PM |
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You guys are a buch of crazy expats..but please count me in, The scammers should be taught assion, please if I get too carrie away with the operation..please hokd me back!  |
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That_Chinese_Girl
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June 07, 2008 - 01:07 AM |
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I bet a couple of us could get together and out scam those scammers.  |
I am so up for this...
It would be a very simple and easy operation to do too. |
Great!
I'll be back home in a week and we'll plan the whole thing out. It should be real easy and hopefully before the cops show they'll try some strong-arm tactics that justify using the minimum amount of force necessary to defend ourselves.
We need someone to video this whole episode. Anybody up to making a video that we can later post on YouTube? |
I'd love to see that! Anybody a black belt? |
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crivens200
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June 07, 2008 - 02:12 AM |
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Gazza
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June 07, 2008 - 03:54 AM |
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I first encountered this scam back in 89' when Nanjing Rd. was still a street for traffic and not a mall. Like the Nigerian Letter scam, it has changed very little over the years.
It most recently happened to a friend of mine. He refused to pay and when he walked out the door, the touter threw a bottle at him and hit him in the head. When he started walking towards the guy to beat the crap out of him, two chefs ran out of the kitchen with knives.
All in all, it's still one of the most exciting tourist attractions in Shnaghai. |
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Ah Beng
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June 07, 2008 - 05:58 AM |
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I'd love to see that! Anybody a black belt? |
Let's see..we've got andyfff's taser gun, a couple of DILLIGAF's balls and I'll bring my baseball bat..and a pool of expat brain resouces. That should be more than enough to trash and a couple of simple thugs and their chef knife weilding knivies..
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Renovator
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June 07, 2008 - 06:23 AM |
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and a whole lot of BS as well. Let's see if the expats can out BS the local cons. That should be exciting. |
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boredengineer
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June 07, 2008 - 09:45 AM |
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I'd love to see that! Anybody a black belt? |
Let's see..we've got andyfff's taser gun, a couple of DILLIGAF's balls and I'll bring my baseball bat..and a pool of expat brain resouces. That should be more than enough to trash and a couple of simple thugs and their chef knife weilding knivies..
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Everyone will probably just end up thinking about what to do and start arguing about it for 20 mins. |
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That_Chinese_Girl
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Joined: Oct 08, 2007
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June 07, 2008 - 09:50 AM |
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We'll do a practice run on Wednesday at the mixer. |
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Kiwi
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June 07, 2008 - 10:03 AM |
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| in starbucks, some girls sit there nursing a cup of coffee and then asked the expat to practice English, then then ask if they want a massage.. |
Which Starbucks?
I may need to go undercover and assist the police with information gathering. |
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CoffeeHawk_0
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June 07, 2008 - 10:35 AM |
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Maybe we could petition McDonald's to run a similar scam on locals |
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boredengineer
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June 07, 2008 - 10:41 AM |
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Traditional Bigmac Ceremony! |
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andyfff
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June 07, 2008 - 11:03 AM |
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It depends on what our objectives are. If we want to get these people busted, we need to either alert the police beforehand, or find some after the fact who are not too lazy to do anything about it (plus as Yuu said the shop could simply deny any knowledge.) If our objective is to take money from THEM, that becomes more difficult because we'd have to think of an excuse to get them to part with some cash... |
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That_Chinese_Girl
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June 07, 2008 - 11:10 AM |
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I wanna see somebody beat the crap out of them. But really, we should contact the police. If the media is involved, the police can't turn a blind eye. Does anyone have any connections to TV producers? |
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oh_the_darkness
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June 07, 2008 - 11:12 AM |
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Why not make a flyer in Chinese and English and hand it out. Include a line in it along the lines 'it would be a waste of time to complain to the police after the issue as they are also involved in the scam. Either that or they are far too lazy or incompetent to do their job properly.' |
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That_Chinese_Girl
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June 07, 2008 - 12:09 PM |
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But if we expose them on TV, that would make a good show, especially with foreigners in it. |
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oh_the_darkness
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June 07, 2008 - 12:12 PM |
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Impossible. Do you really think local tv would show cops not doing their job properly? |
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That_Chinese_Girl
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June 07, 2008 - 01:53 PM |
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No. They'll show us busting the bad guys. Then, the cops will walk in and do their job. They have to because they are on TV. |
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oh_the_darkness
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June 07, 2008 - 02:23 PM |
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Oh ok.
Yeah, that sounds relatively simple. |
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andyfff
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June 07, 2008 - 06:42 PM |
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The problem with us "busting" anyone is that by the time the check arrives, the girls will be gone and burly thugs will be the ones asking us for 700 rmb. So unless we have police standing by to burst in, most likely we would end up in a fight with three guys with shaved heads and our video camera shoved up one of our asses.
The challenge is that until the check is presented, no crime has been committed. And once the check is at the table, it is too late to get out of there. We need to find some way to disrupt the scam without getting beaten up. |
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sbergman
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June 07, 2008 - 07:39 PM |
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When I was here in 1990 two of my Fudan students would spend their weekends running "stings" on guys selling porn on the Bund. Being able to run faster than your mark seemed to be very important. |
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That_Chinese_Girl
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June 07, 2008 - 07:45 PM |
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I'm thinking of using hidden cameras. So, we would pretend to be shocked to receive the 700RMB bill, but end up paying. Then, as soon as we pay, the TV crew and the police would step in and bust their asses. Everything would have been caught on tape. |
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andyfff
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June 07, 2008 - 08:02 PM |
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Put the cameras on our bodies, like in a hat or something? Interesting... The problem I see here is that the police would basically be using us as bait, and they probably wouldn't agree to something like that. What if one of us got hurt? We could hold the police responsible. Not to mention what was said earlier, that the police are probably just looking the other way in exchange for a small kickback. Maybe we could get a TV station interested... |
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That_Chinese_Girl
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June 07, 2008 - 08:06 PM |
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Hmmm... that's why the interest has died down. Where are the other guys? Dark boy has gone from baseball bats to flyers?!?
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Yes, TV station and police together with hidden cameras. |
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underh20
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Joined: Sep 27, 2006
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June 07, 2008 - 08:10 PM |
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We have two people inside and one or two outside. When it is time to ask for the check, the people outside call 110. They usually show up in about 10 minutes.
In the meantime, if it gets heated, I think we can hold our own with the restaurant thugs. |
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