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50. Empty Envelopes<\/h2>\n
One bank<\/a> advisor told Reddit that they dealt with a spate of empty envelopes. Nstal_<\/a> said: “Basically that’s when someone goes to the ATM, puts in an empty envelope, and claims there’s $$$ in it when there’s not. It almost immediately freezes the account for fraud. Don’t do it lol.”<\/em><\/p>\n This is the type of scam that people think may work but doesn’t in real life. It’s always going to end badly because a bank machine can identify currency from regular paper. Therefore, it will always end badly for the scammer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some people<\/a> don’t think about what they’re doing. One Redditor<\/a> revealed that somebody tried to scam their store but they failed in the process. They said: “Had one guy who had claimed fraud a few times, try again for several hundred dollars<\/a> at a Nike store. Claimed it was a fraud but was wearing his brand new Air Jordans.”<\/p>\n Don’t wear the stolen products when trying to scam a business. That’s a standard rule for any would-be thieves out there but this idiot didn’t get the message. Perhaps he was testing the alertness of the store because he didn’t think they’d notice. In the end, it didn’t work out for him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sometimes, even proper companies attempt to defraud other businesses<\/a>. One worker claimed that they deal with this type of situation all of the time. They said that sometimes their clients buy something but forget about it for a long time. Then they try to bring it back with questionable means.<\/p>\n Wild_Alaskan<\/a> said: “Most of the customers I deal with are other businesses. It’s not uncommon for them to order something, then put it on a shelf and forget about it for 10 years. Then, when they clean out that shelf they’ll try to return the part as if they bought it yesterday.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This storage unit manager revealed that they sometimes dealt with non-paying customers<\/a>. In one case, a unit sat idle for several months before the customer came and demanded they open it. They claimed that the company had no right to keep their belongings and threatened legal action.<\/p>\n LastPhoenixFeather<\/a> said: “I had the immense pleasure of telling her to her face “No. Also, to be a customer you have to have PAID ME. Right now you’re just trespassing.”<\/em> The worker couldn’t believe the audacity of the scam because they thought that they would get away without paying a dime.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One Redditor revealed that a child came into her shop to buy milk. He cried because he said that he fell and hurt his knee. That he paid for the drink with a $20 bill before leaving. A few minutes later, the pharmacy owner came in and said that a child did the same thing with a counterfeit bill.<\/p>\n LolsyByrne<\/a> said: “I opened my till and sure enough there was a fake note in my till. Wasn’t even the right blue color and felt like Monopoly money<\/a>. I didn’t notice because I was more concerned about the little boy being hurt.”<\/em> Later CCTV footage revealed that several children participated in the scam.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sometimes people claim that employees mistreated them and behaved horribly. This restaurant worker said that someone claimed their manager acted in a racist manner toward them. However, there was a serious flaw in their cover story<\/a>.<\/p>\n MiddleAgeThreat<\/a> said: “I was managing a restaurant on the open shift, and a guy called to complain about his treatment the night before. His story made no sense, then he said, “and the manager was a racist who would not help me because I am (race x.) “I said, “that is weird because the manager last night is (race x) too!”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are horror stories<\/a> about customers who try to return clothes after wearing them. But what about used tableware? One individual tried to do so after using them for a party. They said that their plans fell through and that they cleared it with the manager.<\/p>\n But they didn’t realize that they were speaking to the manager at that point. MyMeatPuppets<\/a> said: “I pulled out my phone, asked the customer to please standstill, and took their picture. The customer actually smiled at me! I then directed this person to pick up their stuff and get out of my store with no refund or exchange.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nobody can predict who will try to scam a business. A Dairy Queen worker claimed that an affluent-looking lady attempted to trick the business into making food<\/a> that they “forgot to deliver.” However, there was no record of her order and she lied about knowing their phone number.<\/p>\n CrabBlue6<\/a> said: “‘my manager will be in soon. You’re welcome to stop by in a few minutes and talk to her.’ And, she never came back. The thing that always gets to me though, is that this lady was not poor. Like she was a classy-looking white lady driving a nice car, so what’s the point of scamming?”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This person worked for an ISP with a 30-day money-back guarantee. One customer allegedly canceled their purchase on the 29th day multiple times. They tried to scam the system but they didn’t read the fine print. If they had they would have realized that they’re only allowed to do this once in 12 months.<\/p>\n BW_Bird<\/a> said: “The company sent him a letter (which he apparently never read) that told him they were going to back charge him all but five of those months- which still left him with a few hundred dollars to pay off. When he called and demanded to know why we had this rule to which I said “Because we’re not stupid, sir.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here’s an example of what happens when a scammer takes it too far. They had the perfect<\/a> plan that worked well multiple times but in the end, they got too greedy. The adrenaline must have gone to their heads.<\/p>\n This Redditor<\/a> revealed the fraudster’s tactics: “Go to the store, buy an item, and have a receipt. Go home. Go back to the store a day or two later, browse around, take the SAME ITEM<\/a> off the shelf and go to the counter to ‘return’ it with the valid receipt from the previous purchase. She got away with it for a long time till she got too greedy.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In this case, a dubious shopper almost pulled off the perfect scam. They bought a bottle of wine by sticking a fake barcode onto a $185 bottle of red wine. The new price was about $4 but it was for a bottle of 150ml Chardonnay – a white wine. This was the trickster’s downfall because it alerted the worker.<\/p>\n They challenged the scammer but they ran out of the store. However, the Redditor admitted that they could easily have gotten away with it. Shadow125<\/a> said: “The crazy thing is – if she had simply used a barcode from a Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz ($15 low-end Penfolds 750ml red) I doubt that I would have actually noticed!”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Businesses understand that if customers suffer an injury on their premises they may be stuck with a lawsuit. That’s why there are always ‘Caution – Wet Floor’ signs in shopping malls. At least if they fall, there’s a sign they can point to and say that they’re not liable.<\/p>\n One Redditor worked as a cleaner in a mall when a customer claimed to have fallen when there was no warning sign<\/a>. They said<\/a>: “Upon watching the CCTV footage, it showed her moving a yellow warning sign away and then laying down on the floor and suddenly acting as if she had just slipped.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nobody likes to spend money on stamps. This is especially a problem when the package is big and bulky. One sender tried to pull off a scam but it didn’t work. Cpeery7<\/a> said: “Tried to mail a very large 14-pound box as a small 9-ounce envelope. We immediately sent it back with hefty postage due.”<\/em><\/p>\n Maybe on another day, a postal worker wouldn’t register the discrepancy. But most of them are professional and know exactly what every package will cost<\/a>. This moronic individual received an expensive bill that rubbed salt into the transaction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here’s another brilliant scam that works as long as it isn’t overdone. But of course, fraudsters don’t know when to stop and continue to skim the same businesses. That’s always the fatal flaw in their tactics because the business eventually realizes what’s going on.<\/p>\n Lookssharp<\/a> wrote: “There was a scam where someone would come in and hand me a receipt and say something like I had to get dry cleaning done on my uniform because someone spilled on it last time I was here. Your boss<\/a> said you would pay for it. The same people tried it multiple times.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another person explained that a scammer tried to change the routing number of a check while he was standing in front of them. For some reason he didn’t think that they’d have a problem with this. However, he was more stupid than malicious and they threw him out.<\/p>\n This Redditor<\/a> described the ridiculous situation. They wrote: “He literally had me stand there and he was like “let me change this to a 5” and then he tried to scribble the routing with a pen. He got banned<\/a> from the store and later apprehended by security. They were stolen checks and he was dumb as a rock.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n One ridiculous story saw an oncologist lock a repairman on the roof. Then he searched for the purchase order and destroyed it before releasing the worker. The maintenance man printed a new quote but the doctor accused him of double-charging. Then he even called the police on the hapless individual.<\/p>\n “This is a well-respected doctor held up as a pillar of the community,”<\/em> Pencilowner<\/a> explained. “I have seen similar things happen at other clinics. I think they assume it’s a shrewd business in their minds but it’s often just bullying and deception.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n One worker installed a section of tempered glass on a meat case. Then the manager came over and said that they chipped it and demanded a new one for free. Meanwhile, this was tempered glass that immediately shatters if the integrity is compromised.<\/p>\n “No one, literally no one, not even the manager claiming it, can find any damage to the glass,”<\/em> Cyanora<\/a> explained. “She keeps emailing us and her higher-ups that she wants a new piece of glass, and she wants it for free, but keeps forgetting to ask us to remove the old piece of glass because she wants a freebie.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n One tech worker revealed many new staff members attempt to pass off their laptops as work appliances. This rarely ends well because it’s unlikely that they’ll receive expensive tech<\/a> from the company. In the end, they just appear greedy.<\/p>\n RogueAntics<\/a> wrote: “Okay, your 8-year-old laptop running Vista with literally hundreds of pirated videos and music with pictures of cats as the desktop, and taped up charger… Yes just how the company gave it to you considering you only started a year ago.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n “Any time there’s a sale in one department,”<\/em> Fragmented-Rooster<\/a> wrote. “It’s an absolute guarantee that a few people each day will rip the sale stickers of discounted clothes and stick them to full-priced ones. Then they get upset and angry when we call them out.”<\/em><\/p>\n This is a common scam but that doesn’t make it right. The problem is that sometimes people make a genuine mistake and it’s awkward for everybody. In the end, the employees pay out of their pockets if they make a mistake that cost the business money.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n People try to take advantage of every situation. It doesn’t matter how petty it may seem. One person explained that they even experienced attempted fraud while they sold steak and deep-fried cheese on sticks.<\/p>\n The Redditor<\/a> explained: “A common scam was people would quickly scoop out the gooey, hot cheese, then accuse me of selling them hollow cheese on a stick, and demanding a refill. The thing is if the cheese did fall out of the breading, there would be hot cheese floating around the fryer, and the coating would deflate.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here’s a first-hand account of a family trying to scam a clothing store. A mother and her children spent a long time in a changing room as they removed the original tags on the items. Then they attempted to buy everything for free but the worker realized what was going on in the end.<\/p>\n Inkwell_Jade<\/a> wrote: “They would cut the clearance tags off of clothing items that were actually on clearance and reattach them using a tagging gun they presumably owned. I realized they switched tags when I typed in the UPC code from the inside of the clothing pieces instead of scanning the generic clearance ticket.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It’s amazing the lengths that some people will go to scam a business. Here’s a situation that ended after grocery store staff realized what was happening. In the end, they threatened to call the police on the suspect but it took a few times to figure it out.<\/p>\n “Lady would look in the outside trash for receipts, get a cart and find all the items and wander around the store until shift change,”<\/em> the Redditor<\/a> explained. “Then she’d come up to a register and claim she was returning all the products because her mother had gone shopping earlier and gotten the wrong things.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some men<\/a> have a weakness for beautiful women. One woman used her assets to her advantage in a coffee franchise. She successfully scored free drinks by tricking male staff at busy times.<\/p>\n Leona_Faye<\/a> wrote: “There was a lady coming into a coffeehouse in NoVA to score a free latte. Bent over strategically to show the girls off to the male cashier, using a receipt from two towns over. It was always a busy day. It unfortunately worked.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Sometimes customers try to scam a business but don’t do their due diligence. They attempt to bluff their way into a fake refund or to get something for free. But then they encounter the real manager or customer service<\/a> after claiming that they had permission.<\/p>\n “A lady used to damage goods and then ask for discounts,”<\/em> this Redditor<\/a> explained. “Another would go into the back storage and look for things to steal. I caught her and told her to leave, she said that she had permission from customer service. It was nice to explain to her that no she didn’t have permission from them because I was customer service.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n One garden center worker explained that sometimes they couldn’t do anything about scams. If the police didn’t come in time then they wouldn’t be able to hold a person against their will. It meant that the person could escape before the authorities arrived.<\/p>\n This Redditor<\/a> said: “We once had a guy steal some expensive equipment by walking right out into the garden center during the middle of the day, push the items underneath a weak part of the fence, go back through the store and drive away. There was nothing we could do about it besides calling the police.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Occasionally, people deliberately make the wrong decision because they want to sue the service provider. Gas station attendants must stay attentive<\/a> because people will use the wrong fuel and claim it wasn’t their fault. They may even attempt to take legal action against the gas station.<\/p>\n One Redditor revealed that a lady put diesel into her gas car. They wrote<\/a>: “I told her not to put that in that she needed regular gas and she said she knows what she’s doing. Her car broke down just a few minutes away and then she tried to sue the gas station. Also had a customer there use our air pump on their tires and overfilled their tires and their tires popped they also tried to sue us for it.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Working as an internet installer you’ll often have people call in claiming that you stole something of high value (iPhone, jewelry, etc) even if they don’t have that item in their possession currently just so they can scam the company into “reimbursing” them for the stolen item,”<\/em> Gumgumrun<\/a> wrote on Reddit.<\/p>\n This is an idiotic scam because there is little verification for them to prove that somebody stole something. If this happens, the police will check everybody that was at the house<\/a>. If it isn’t on their person at the time it’s impossible to say they have taken the belongings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A 7-11 worker revealed that one common scam involved fake Green Dot staff. These people rang the store and pretended to be a representative. Their attempts to hack the cash<\/a> register were as subtle as a slap across the face. Needless to say, the store developed a policy to deal with these attempts.<\/p>\n “You were supposed to read the card information over the phone, which would allow them to basically hack the register,”<\/em> a former worker<\/a> explained. “I got a call one evening and told him he would need to come into the store, which is exactly what I was supposed to do. Not exciting, I know, but it did feel really good to thwart his attempt.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n While it’s not good to scam any businesses, many people think it’s not as bad if it’s a big corporation. They can handle a certain amount of losses because of the larger scale of their operations. But it’s completely immoral to steal from an independent store that struggles to keep its doors open.<\/p>\n “I’m a small independent business and yesterday someone tried to pay via Venmo and pretended to scan my phone,”<\/em> Pamplemousse<\/a> wrote. “She said, “okay paid you!” And then just zoomed away. Took a couple of seconds to realize she didn’t actually pay me. It was for an over $100 transaction too.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n The quick-change scam is a classic that may work if the employee isn’t alert. In short, the customer pays with a large bill<\/a> but then quickly asks to change it into smaller notes. The idea is to trick the worker into giving back too much change and leaving with a profit.<\/p>\n “I loved the one time I was there when someone tried that at my coffee shop in New York,”<\/em> a Redditor<\/a> revealed. “My coworker at the register listened to this entire routine and then handed him exactly the correct change, closed the drawer, and started helping the next customer in line. The dude looked flabbergasted and just walked out.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It’s amazing the efforts that people will go to to save money<\/a>. One wild story on Reddit explained how a woman dug up some pot plants. Then she swapped them with more expensive flowers including the soil. It’s a significant amount of work, but she didn’t escape unnoticed.<\/p>\n The Redditor<\/a> said: “She thought she got away with it until I told her the total was $50 something. She argued up and down they were only a dollar until my manager walked up like a boss and told her ‘you know what you did mam.’ I guess he saw the whole thing on camera and came to confront her.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A hotel<\/a> buffet chef explained how two men gamed the system in style. Technically, they didn’t illegally scam the hotel because they didn’t break the rules. But they took advantage of the buffet in a way<\/a> that most people wouldn’t bother. In short, they had all of the time in the world.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dev.moneyppl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/air-jordan-1-mid-bred-toe-554724-079-4.jpg.webp\")
49. Air Jordans<\/h2>\n
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48. Company Scam<\/h2>\n
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47. Lock Up<\/h2>\n
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46. Monopoly Money<\/h2>\n
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45. Poor Treatment<\/h2>\n
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44. Take a Picture<\/h2>\n
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43. Dairy Queen<\/h2>\n
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42. Cancelled<\/h2>\n
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41. Too Greedy<\/h2>\n
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40. Wrong Color<\/h2>\n
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39. Cleaning Mishap<\/h2>\n
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38. Stamp Duty<\/h2>\n
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37. Laundry Fee<\/h2>\n
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36. Stolen Checks<\/h2>\n
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35. Roof Repair<\/h2>\n
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34. Tempered Glass<\/h2>\n
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33. Personal Laptops<\/h2>\n
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32. Bargain Buy<\/h2>\n
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31. Cheese Scam<\/h2>\n
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30. Clearance Items<\/h2>\n
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29. Receipt Scam<\/h2>\n
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28. Free Latte<\/h2>\n
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27. Permission From Customer Service<\/h2>\n
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26. Stolen Goods<\/h2>\n
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25. Gas Station Scammer<\/h2>\n
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24. Stolen Item Claims<\/h2>\n
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23. Green Dot Scam<\/h2>\n
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22. Venmo Scam<\/h2>\n
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21. Quick Change Scam<\/h2>\n
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20. Pot Plants<\/h2>\n
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19. Buffet Value<\/h2>\n
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