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CHANGE RAISING
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SCAM
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By: Zero
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zerotextspy@yahoo.com
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June 22nd, 2011
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INTRODUCTION
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The basis of this scam is pure confusion. It works on two ideas. The first
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idea is that a cashier should never, ever do two transactions at one time.
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If you take advantage of this mistake, a cashier doing two transactions at
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once, then you can scam them out of some money. The second idea is that
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people do not want to admit they are wrong, or confused. The cashier you
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pull this scam on is going to instinctively know that something is
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strange, but they will not be able to put their finger on it, and they
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almost definitely will not call anything out, saying they are confused.
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The first time this happened to me, I was 19 years old, working at a
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convenience store. A guy came in the store and pulled this scam on me, and
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even though I knew something was weird about the transaction, I did the
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transaction and ended up $10 short on my till at the end of the night. I
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thought about it for hours and just could not figure out what happened,
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but I knew it was that transaction that made me short.
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It wasn't until about a year later, I was watching TV, and someone
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demonstrated this scam on the TV show I was watching. Immediately I knew
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how I lost that $10 at the store I worked at.
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You're not going to get rich, or get a lot of money doing this scam; it's
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just a few bucks here and there. It's almost just not worth the time. But
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it is fun, it is an extra $10 when you need it, I suppose. Nonetheless,
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it's very textile worthy. Best yet; it's a textile scam that actually
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works.
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A big thanks goes out to Jason Scott of textfiles.com for hosting all of
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these files. I check textfiles.com every once in a while to see what is
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new in the uploads section. I searched "2012," and nothing came up! So, I
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figured I should probably write this file and submit it to Jason Scott so
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we can at least get one text file in for this year.
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THE SCAM
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Here's how it works:
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This scam is hard to keep up with, either watching it or reading about it.
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So please bare with me.
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First, you go to a store with your pockets loaded with the following:
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In your right pocket, a $20 bill. In your left pocket, a wadded set of
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nine $1 bills, and a separate $1 bill in the same pocket.
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Go to a store and ask if you can get change for a $20. Hand the clerk your
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$20 bill, and get change.
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The clerk will give you $20 in change (a $10 and two $5's, for example).
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Put this in your pocket. Now stop and say something like "Oh wait, you
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know what? Can you just give me a $10 bill for all these $1's I have?"
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Now give the clerk your wad of nine $1 bills. The clerk will hand you a
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$10. The clerk should instinctively count the money and realize you gave
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them only $9. If they do not, say something like "you might want to count
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that to make sure there's the right amount."
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The clerk will count the money, and realize you only gave nine $1 bills.
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Now, say something like "You know what? Just give me change for the
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original $20." Now you need to put the $1 down on the counter to make $10,
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then put down change from what you first got, to make $20. The clerk will
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now give you a $20 bill.
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Confusing? Let's make a quick rundown:
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1: You have $30 in your two pockets.
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2: You got change for the $20 in your pocket. You still have $30 in your pockets.
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3: You ask for a $10 bill, and give them nine $1's. You now have $31 in your pockets.
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4: The mistake is realized. You give the clerk a $1 to make it $10, then more change to make $20. You
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now have $20 in your pockets.
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5: The clerk has lost track of the transactions, and gives you $20 for change.
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6: You now have $40 in your pockets.
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You just made $10
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I know it's a little confusing. Just re-read the steps, practice with
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yourself and a friend, and you will see how it works. This method is
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virtually flawless. The beauty of this scam is that even if you are
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caught, or they spot that you are making a mistake, then it is exactly
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that; a mistake. No one at the store is going to accuse you of trying to
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fraud them out of $10; it's just not going to happen.
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If you need a visual representation, then just search "change raising" on
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YouTube, there are a few videos demonstrating this little scam.
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