If you’re from Earth and you’ve used a computer at least once in the last 10 years, there’s a big chance that someone tried to scam you. We’re all familiar with the rich Prince from Africa who just wants to send you millions and millions of dollars. But that’s just the basic of scamming.
That was actually the beginning of scamming on the internet. From job proposals to lottery winners, car winners and iPhone winners. We’ve been offered all kinds of free stuff just so we could give up our info or even send some money to collect the price.
There’re two ways to deal with them. You either ignore them or you have some fun:
James Veitch turned his conversation with a scammer into a TED presentation that teaches people how to deal with scammers. We have to admit he had a hilarious approach, and that’s why the video has 13,160,770 views!
The problem is, scammers are not stupid. They constantly try to improve their methods, and find new ways to annoy people. They’re not limited to the internet as well.
Have you ever heard about Bernard Madoff? He pulled the biggest scam of all time, scamming people for $18 billion. His ponzi scheme is considered to be the biggest investment scam in history.
Bernard Madoff is a typical Wall Street scammer, and he’s just one of many who broke the rules to benefit himself.
But that’s not the most genius scam of all time.
The most genius scam of all time is simple and funny. It’s a typical out-of-the-box idea turned into a profitable scam. This guy didn’t made billions, or even millions.
He used the society urge to keep up with technology for his own benefit. His name is Steve Comisar, and he’s from Beverly Hills, California. Although, he’s currently serving time in Federal Prison his scam was a success!
He used ads “Solar Powered Clothes Dryer” for only $49.95. According to his ad, the “Scientifically Proven Space Age Clothes Dryer” was guaranteed to work for five years provided there was adequate sunlight.
So what’s the catch?
Well, his device used no batteries and he even offered free-shipping. Customers would purchase the clothes dryer only to receive a length of clothesline.
Technically, this guy sold exactly what he offered. But it’s still a scam, and a clever one as well!
