Italian leather jacket scam
22 February 2007, 10:48 PM
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Italian leather jacket scam
Watch out, just had one of these Italian conmen trying to give me 3 designer leather jackets worth £1200 if I gave him £300 for one worth £600 (so he could buy his wife a nice present
), as he had to fly back to Gatwick and needed to avoid excess baggage. He was very convincing (Itialian passport, flight ticket, car rental form), but wasn't fooling me. 
Article from a while back:
Edinburgh Evening News - Conmen target city in leather jackets scam
Anyone else come across these jokers?
This was in Havant, Hants - you have been warned!
), as he had to fly back to Gatwick and needed to avoid excess baggage. He was very convincing (Itialian passport, flight ticket, car rental form), but wasn't fooling me. Article from a while back:
Edinburgh Evening News - Conmen target city in leather jackets scam
Anyone else come across these jokers?
This was in Havant, Hants - you have been warned!
22 February 2007, 10:59 PM
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I had the exact same thing in Sainsbury's car park, Stevenage, just before xmas.
He didn't take kindly to me telling him to **** off.
He was offering a £1000 jacket for £150, or 3 for £400........
He didn't take kindly to me telling him to **** off.
He was offering a £1000 jacket for £150, or 3 for £400........
22 February 2007, 11:02 PM
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Came across one in my home town in ireland the other day mate lol 
Was walking down to the gym when italian guy pulls over in a rental and asks me directions to the airport .
then proceeds to tell me how he is in town for a show working for gucci , was given "present" of lovely leather jacket and a suit which unfort doesn't fit him and which he will give to me for the price of just the jacket !
Told him to take a hike !
a mate of mine told me a story once about a bloke he knew that bought a suede jacket off one of these guys , he went out that night wearing it ..
When he was leaving the pub it was pi$$ing rain , the jacket shrunk when it got wet and he couldn't get it off! lol
true story . . .
Was walking down to the gym when italian guy pulls over in a rental and asks me directions to the airport .
then proceeds to tell me how he is in town for a show working for gucci , was given "present" of lovely leather jacket and a suit which unfort doesn't fit him and which he will give to me for the price of just the jacket !
Told him to take a hike !
a mate of mine told me a story once about a bloke he knew that bought a suede jacket off one of these guys , he went out that night wearing it ..
When he was leaving the pub it was pi$$ing rain , the jacket shrunk when it got wet and he couldn't get it off! lol
true story . . .
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22 February 2007, 11:18 PM
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22 February 2007, 11:27 PM
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Apart from bikers, where there is a functional argument, leather jackets are just not cool these days.
And if anyone disagrees I challenge you to find me a cool or fashionable photo.
And if anyone disagrees I challenge you to find me a cool or fashionable photo.
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23 February 2007, 12:50 AM
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Watch out, just had one of these Italian conmen trying to give me 3 designer leather jackets worth £1200 if I gave him £300 for one worth £600 (so he could buy his wife a nice present), as he had to fly back to Gatwick and needed to avoid excess baggage. He was very convincing (Itialian passport, flight ticket, car rental form)
), as he had to fly back to Gatwick and needed to avoid excess baggage. He was very convincing (Itialian passport, flight ticket, car rental form)
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23 February 2007, 09:05 AM
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Yeah had one of them in a motorway service station a while back. Two well dressed guys in a new Punto giving it all the Italian thing. Told them to take a hike.
23 February 2007, 09:26 AM
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DO WHAT I DID START HEATING UP A KEY WITH A LIGHTER AND TELL HIM YOUR GOING TO TEST THE LEATHER (AS THEIR PVC) WATCH HIM GO WHITE AND BACK OFF SHARPISH
OR ASK TO LOOK IN HIS BOOT AND YOUL SEE THE OTHER 100 JACKETS READY FOR HIS NEXT VICTIM
MOST OF US HAVE CAMERA PHONES TAKE A PIC OF THEM AND REPORT
HERES SOMETHING YOU COULD SAY
LAVORO PER LE ABITUDINI ED ASPORTO VOI DESIDERO CONTINUARE QUESTA CONVERSAZIONE
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OR ASK TO LOOK IN HIS BOOT AND YOUL SEE THE OTHER 100 JACKETS READY FOR HIS NEXT VICTIM
MOST OF US HAVE CAMERA PHONES TAKE A PIC OF THEM AND REPORT
HERES SOMETHING YOU COULD SAY
LAVORO PER LE ABITUDINI ED ASPORTO VOI DESIDERO CONTINUARE QUESTA CONVERSAZIONE
KIP
23 February 2007, 10:18 AM
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23 February 2007, 12:31 PM
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23 February 2007, 12:40 PM
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So, if I get approached I will ask to try it on and then leg it back to my car !
When I was younger I got done by the speakers scam, like a dick, I did however get my money back, its not what you know.....
When I was younger I got done by the speakers scam, like a dick, I did however get my money back, its not what you know.....
23 February 2007, 02:06 PM
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23 February 2007, 02:41 PM
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23 February 2007, 06:31 PM
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I'm very pleased with the speakers I bought off the guy and his Asian colleague 3 years ago in Liverpool Street, London after they said their boss had accidentally loaded one extra pair in the back.....
Well, not quite, but they were quite convincing and even had emboided tee shirts but the fact they'd done all their deliveries by lunch time and were in this major street but non residential area did kind of give 'em away....
Well, not quite, but they were quite convincing and even had emboided tee shirts but the fact they'd done all their deliveries by lunch time and were in this major street but non residential area did kind of give 'em away....
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