Ever been hustled before?

[jayrock]

I bought some weed from a black guy on the street once and it was total shit.

I was pissed.

[kiya]

what's the scam with singapore and malaysia?

Buying Nudies with stolen credit cards.

Or setting up a bot that hits our site over and over again and tries out different credit card numbers to see if they'll get denied or not. Trust me, it's a nightmare.

[M4TM]

Buying Nudies with stolen credit cards.

Or setting up a bot that hits our site over and over again and tries out different credit card numbers to see if they'll get denied or not. Trust me, it's a nightmare.

similar experience here... i work with an international financial institution, and let's just say we've come across a NUMBER of questionable/fraudulent accounts originating from Malaysia... Singapore not so much.

[poly800rock]

We've been scammed about ten times so far at Self Edge.. every time the person has been from Singapore or Malaysia.

Therefore now, if you have an IP address from either of those two countries you get an error once you click on "shop online".

And one person living in Florida. Motherfucker bought a pair of Imperials with his mother's credit card, then his mom disputed the charges and got every penny back. We have his name, address, and all that.. We won't return our calls or emails..

He's even a SuFu user.... Xportofmiami

http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/member.php?u=9275

tweeds? how could you!!!

[almondcrush]

We have his name, address, and all that..

post it up while minya's not watching

sit back and watch the e-justice unfold

[wEstSidE]

put it up on ebaumsworld.

[cuddlysheep]

hustle: a couple of years ago was at the gastation to pump gas for 5$.to my surprise it kept going so i just let it go all the way and it stopped to 20$ and filled up my tank( fill up was cheaper back then).so got in my car quick and left,on my rear view mirror i saw the gas station guy run out yelled "hey!". lol

hustled: some guy was going around my neighborhood trying to raise money for supposed veterans program.he kinda looked like a homeless vet.he had scars on his arm looked like needle marks.anyways i gave him a 2$ and he gave me a piece of paper wiht some numbers saying the donation is tax deductible,but it b.s. probably got high and o.d'd that night.

[ouss]

I got sold fake sneakers on ebay once. I tried to get in contact with him, but he ignored all my emails. But I tracked the dude down, got his information, fabricated another account and advertised to sell him another pair of sneakers. He agreed and paid me, so I sent him back his fake ones. Justice.

smart.

I got (semi) hustled on the same sneakers thing, the guy was swearing they were legit but he finally refunded me a large part of the buy.

[isoform]

only ever got scammed out of 50$....

i was in nyc and really needed a new cellphone. i didn't know shit about cellphones and i didn't care i just used the phone my cuz gave me, got best plan for me, and never actually switched phones (it was rarely ever on and i didn't use it except in cases of emergency or when i travelled).

sooo, how i got hustled was in buying a "required new compatable sim card" for 50$, i tried calling the peoples i knew the numbers of off the top of my head (=3 people) on a friends' phone who would maybe knew about this stuff. None of them picked up... So I thought 130$ for a new phone and the sim card isn't too bad, I guess.

Israeli Jew ahole gives me an unitemized receipt*, asks for a different card other than my Amex* and all I had other than that was my check card (no fraud protection, no ever getting my money back, and I even got an overdraft charge I got cancelled after I told the bank what happened when I got home).

Anyway, this is where my story gets funny... after they get my money and I'm almost ready to go, I look at my old cell phone and see that the little white disk-thing/sim card is missing. I begin to ask 'em where the hell my sim card is being more afraid of being stalked than scammed... Dude tries to brush me off, but I keep nagging at him and we end up calling T-Mobile to clarify that the way he explained how sim cards work is how its really done--customer service ends up as confused as me at that point--they tell me there's some kind of fraud going on and they shouldnt've taken my simcard and they're not a legit/authorized dealership--which is what they claimed to be with how they decorated the store.

...after three hours of arguing about where my sim card was and having a cop in there looking for the sim card and telling them to give it back--the dude finally starts saying "She already has it." Then I finally just demanded all of my money back and then they pull a no-refunds bullshit line, and I tell the cop I was told I was paying 50dollars for a new sim card, and the cop asked to see my receipt and since it was unitemized he couldn't do anything immediate, but I wouldn't leave without my money and of course I was already getting loud and irritated at this point--they finally politely shoved me and my friend out of the store--coz they knew we'd be swinging if they even touched us... i kicked the door and the window and told them we was coming back the next day--sooo we came back, called the cops again to scare away potential customers, file a report, or just pressure the dude to give me all of my money back. By the time cop got there and I had started breaking down the situation I had to get in a cab with 25 mins to get from Midtown to Laguardia to catch my flight home and my friend couldn't file the report against the shop 'cuz I was the one with the complaint. bleah... that stupid phone was a reminder of ignorance for two years till it finally broke.

M'eh 50$ isn't much of anything, but I hate that I got scammed and I wish I threw something through that shop's window... at LEAST I fucked up their nite by being annoying and scaring away other potential schmucks coz i was certainly getting loud w/ 'em...

[ouss]

more times than i should've been.

around 300$ in dvds that i sold to a fucking singaporean friend that i went to school with who moved to singapore. fuck singapore.

.

btw is he still your friend?

[homi29]

my friend convinced me to get in on some fake cuban cohibas with them, dumbasses.. i ended up giving them away ....

i worked at a shitty job as a door to doors salesman for 2 weeks, wasnt really hustlin or getting hustled, but it was a waste of time

once i got stopped by a black guy on the street, he asked me the time, then randomly asked if i liked computers.. i tell him im a rush, but he tells me hes got this sweet laptop for sale

i go to a sidestreet with him (i notice a shady looking pimpdaddy guy watching us (maybe his boss)

he tells me this long story about how his sister works at the factory and is able to sneak out laptops, he asks me what i can pay, and im like i got no money ,he asks how much u got in your account

so i lowball him and say 400, it's a sony laptop most likely worth around $1800CND, and he even shows me the sealed package with proper labels/stickers everything

sooo now im like hmm, i told him id take his # and think about it.. well turns out, i go to work and tell this story to a co-worker

he goes and calls the guy and schedules a meetup the next day, at this point he tells me he runs into the guy and 4 other broly black guys and he pays them cash

i tell him to open it at lunch and let me know if its worth it because id go cop a laptop or some other cheap hot items afterward

turns out he didnt get a laptop for his $400, he got an old encylopedia inside a cardboard box which was added for weight

funny thing was this indian guy was really into it and said he knew all this shit about IT/computers and how he was gonna hook up sweet deals for his own company

then he was so deflated when he opened it, and looked pissed/depressed

i asked him how he felt, and he said something like im not mad, Allah will get him back..

word

[DJ2xTech]

^^ Homi....most Indians don't worship Allah. They're Hindus...Pakistanis are Muslim.

Never truly been hustled since I rarely carry cash but i've gotten the good ol' parking lot scam talk where the guys pull up to you and say they're making a delivery of stereo equipment for their boss and that the distributor gave them too many so they gotta sell them off to make a quick buck. They always say the speakers or whatever are worth thousands of dollars. I can't tell if they've stolen them or not but i'm not buying stereo equipment out of a soccer mom van.

Cops do that shit.

Don't buy from them, they're trying to trap you and arrest you!

[Guest thesnow]

once i got stopped by a black guy on the street, he asked me the time, then randomly asked if i liked computers.. i tell him im a rush, but he tells me hes got this sweet laptop for sale

Exact same thing happened to me like the week I moved to Toronto

I thought, this guys done his homework.. I'm a real computer-buff

[homi29]

^^ musta been because im A-Z-N

[cpaik]

Haha! That is fantastic! Justice indeed!

Did he try to give you a negative rep or file a case with ebay?

No he didn't. He insinuated physical threats, but I just told him that I've been documenting EVERYTHING (and I had; still have screenshots and logged AIM conversations) and I'd be more than happy to report him. Furthermore, after he realized that he sent the guy he scammed a payment (the name shows up on paypal, even though it's a different email address, it's linked to the same account), he filed a report that someone used his account to make an unauthorized payment. However, I saved a conversation clearly indicating his willful intent and then later, his intentional deception of PayPal, which I gladly provided to PayPal.

All in all, it was a good experience in the real world and dealing with punks. I can put up the documented stuff later if you guys want; I'll just black out the details.

[homi29]

^^ Homi....most Indians don't worship Allah. They're Hindus...Pakistanis are Muslim./QUOTE]

yeah i know, he was Pakistani but had moved to India before coming to Canada

i feel bad for the guy, but he kinda scared me sometimes too.. at least whenever he talked about anything political.

it was a brilliant hustle/scam/scheme however because there's no way cops could really catch them, because for someone to report it they'd have to admit to wanting to buy hot goods

[andewhall]

I hate to add it to the list...but my rip off dude was from Singapore too.

[Servo2000]

We've been scammed about ten times so far at Self Edge.. every time the person has been from Singapore or Malaysia.

Therefore now, if you have an IP address from either of those two countries you get an error once you click on "shop online".

And one person living in Florida. Motherfucker bought a pair of Imperials with his mother's credit card, then his mom disputed the charges and got every penny back. We have his name, address, and all that.. He won't return our calls or emails..

He's even a SuFu user.... Xportofmiami

http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/member.php?u=9275

Might be a fake account to appear legitimate, but that guys a big player on the Hypebeast forums: http://www.hypebeast.com/forum/member.php?u=5103

[azn8oi]

I just got a call from Capital One saying that I got hustled.

Motherfucker bought a PW on aebn.com (porn) -- $84

and $241 of shit from revolveclothing.

WHICH SUFU MEMBER WAS THIS? FUCK YOUR ASS BITCH. HOW YOU GIT MY CC?????

it's all disputed and charged back now, but STILL, BITCH_

[stuartSan]

A long time ago when I was still working shifts in cyber-cafe's, my colleague went through this funny ordeal.

A customer rushed to the counter, and asked to borrow his mobile. She was petite, probably in her thirties. She looked worried and rushed out to make a call. Five minutes later, my colleague took a peek outside and she was gone!

Really pissed off - but writing it off as a loss, he went to clear the computer workstation that she was using. There was an unclosed IRC (was all the hype back then) session talking about meeting some guy at a subway station.

He tried his luck and drove ten minutes there to wait for her. Then lo and behold, there she was! He ran up to her, made a fuss, made her follow him to the police station, and brought his mobile box to compare serial numbers for the report.

She didn't get much though, was just held overnight or fined or something, but boy, that was stupid of her. DON'T FORGETZ TO CLOZE UR MZNS.

[dj808]

whoa back from the dead thread...

some fool wanted to buy my $50 futon on craigslist with a pre-written check for $3000. said his money manager "accidentally" wrote the wrong one out for him that day but that it was still cool to cash in the bank. then asked me to forward the rest via moneygram to his "mover" to that he could pick up the futon. what dumbasses.

btw, don't deal w/ a "Chris Holmes" on Craigslist. apparently the guy's been scammin' ppl all over.

[kyledunn]

One time I ordered a pizza and when the guy came I paid him with a twenty because that's all I had and he gave me a five back. I asked for ones (so I could tip him), but all he had was five dollar bills. So I gave him the five as a tip because I didn't want to not tip this guy since he rode his bike to my apartment in the rain. As I went in I thought about it and he probably tells everyone he only has fives as change, therefore getting five dollar tips all night. Then I was okay with it because I thought it was pretty clever.

[mrip]

I just got a call from Capital One saying that I got hustled.

Motherfucker bought a PW on aebn.com (porn) -- $84

and $241 of shit from revolveclothing.

WHICH SUFU MEMBER WAS THIS? FUCK YOUR ASS BITCH. HOW YOU GIT MY CC?????

it's all disputed and charged back now, but STILL, BITCH_

it was probably a hypbeast

they live for porn, taco bell and shitty clothes

[Boredom]

Some homeless guy near my school gave my friend and I some story about having to take the monorail so he could bury his dead mother. Said he needed $6, I was reaching into my pocket for a dollar (despite not believing a word he said) and I got a total of $6, homeless dude notices me having extra cash so when I hand him a dollar he goes like well I need 6 can you just give me the rest of your money? I gave him the $6 and left no money for lunch that day, I felt fucking stupid.

[redshirt]

Everytime I go to the fucking gas staiton to fill up.

[landho]

In the parking lot of Cheapo Discs, a used-CD store, this guy in his early 20s begins walking toward me. I start to get into my car and then he yells out, "Hey man! Hey! I ain't gonna hurt you. I just wanna ask you something." I wait with my car door open as he approaches me.

He comes up and he tells me that he just got out of the army and that he has no place to live. He's been staying at the Salvation Army, he says, and he's been eating at soup kitchens. The problem is that the soup kitchen costs five dollars, and he doesn't have it tonight, and he's wondering whether I can help him out. Sure, I say. I give him five dollars.

I then drive down to Waterloo Records, which is another CD store several blocks south of Cheapo Discs. I'm in the store for a while, going meticulously through their recent used stock, when I notice the so-called veteran at the counter. He's haggling with an employee over a Master P CD! We make eye contact, he smirks, and leaves the store, Master P CD in hand.

This was years ago, but I still feel like a chump.

[hollaforadolla]

i get hustled at least weekly, by this forum

[englandmj7]

In the parking lot of Cheapo Discs, a used-CD store, this guy in his early 20s begins walking toward me. I start to get into my car and then he yells out, "Hey man! Hey! I ain't gonna hurt you. I just wanna ask you something." I wait with my car door open as he approaches me.

He comes up and he tells me that he just got out of the army and that he has no place to live. He's been staying at the Salvation Army, he says, and he's been eating at soup kitchens. The problem is that the soup kitchen costs five dollars, and he doesn't have it tonight, and he's wondering whether I can help him out. Sure, I say. I give him five dollars.

I then drive down to Waterloo Records, which is another CD store several blocks south of Cheapo Discs. I'm in the store for a while, going meticulously through their recent used stock, when I notice the so-called veteran at the counter. He's haggling with an employee over a Master P CD! We make eye contact, he smirks, and leaves the store, Master P CD in hand.

This was years ago, but I still feel like a chump.

This guy sounds like a fuckin' pimp.

[dismalfuture]

I just got a call from Capital One saying that I got hustled.

Motherfucker bought a PW on aebn.com (porn) -- $84

and $241 of shit from revolveclothing.

WHICH SUFU MEMBER WAS THIS? FUCK YOUR ASS BITCH. HOW YOU GIT MY CC?????

it's all disputed and charged back now, but STILL, BITCH_

Thanks for all the faps and the Nudies brah

[BTT]

i was with some friends in SF in union square, and some homeless lady runs up to us and asks if she can have money because she needs to ride the bart to the homeless shelter. Well I was with this girl and she was like one of those crazy asian christian girls. and the girl hands the homeless lady her $5 dollar bart ticket and the homeless lady just said, "what the fuck is this".

and on that same day, when we were just 17 and at the last minute decided to throw a telly, we asked a homeless guy to buy us alcohol, and he agreed, so we go in and get some alco and the liquor store owner says, "i aint selling it to you, you're just gonna run around our store again drunk throwing bottles." but eventualy money is money, but the store owner charged the homeless guy and us $20 for the bottle when it was only supposed to be 14.