How to get rich quick as a bank fraudster

Welcome to my Crime School run over three sessions, a unique crime school that will show you to be wary of just about anything that involves spending your money. Interestingly, it will also teach you how to take advantage of a wealthy neighbour's hoot, funds which you feel you have more right to or at least could spend better.

The lessons in the three-day classes come straight from the experience of untrusted criminals, or the police, or more than likely both.

I've nicked the how-to straight from a really good video produced by Richmond Police, just a few miles from me downstream on the River Thames.

It shows you how to avoid being ripped off by clever shysters who have discovered ways to get hold of your credit card.

It also shows how easy, or relatively easy, it is to swap roles. Good friend Bankim introduced me to the video and many thanks to my gym friend.

Get rich quicker

Today’s lesson: how to get your hands – and equipment – onto the card of an unsuspecting and well-heeled friend, or relation, or neighbor.

Well, it doesn’t matter which or who they are, except for the trouble and small expense involved, you want to be sure they have plenty in the bank.

First you need to acquire a gadget that allows you to record the details of a credit card.

Now you need an excuse to visit the well-off credit card owner. It can be a birthday or a common notable day like Mothers’ Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s.

You pinch some flowers from a neighbour’s garden, wrap them up neatly, and deliver them to the gullible Croesus.

The rich person is delighted, of course, and happily signs a delivery receipt.

You ask now for a postage fee that has to be paid. Of course, you say, you’re not allowed to accept cash. The small amount has to be paid for by card. The victim agrees, produces his magic credit card, slots it into your fake credit card machine, and obligingly taps in his secret code.

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