Bady to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoWhat are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?message-square458fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down10
arrow-up1392arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?Bady to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square458fedilink
minus-square@kambusha@feddit.chlinkfedilink30•2 years agoWorld’s smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.
minus-squareBadyOPlinkfedilink5•edit-22 years agoSurprising that no one noticed the double prime symbol for inches instead of the single prime symbol for feet. The scammer was like “well, I didn’t lie, you weren’t careful enough and it’s not my problem!”.
minus-square@bitsplease@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•2 years agoWouldn’t they have noticed that there were only 3 stories of windows on the blueprint?
minus-square@ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•2 years agoThere’s a Tom Scott video on this, the truth behind it seems murky.
minus-square@some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink1•2 years agoWow. I hadn’t heard of this. What a clever (and shifty) scam.
World’s smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.
Surprising that no one noticed the double prime symbol for inches instead of the single prime symbol for feet. The scammer was like “well, I didn’t lie, you weren’t careful enough and it’s not my problem!”.
Wouldn’t they have noticed that there were only 3 stories of windows on the blueprint?
There’s a Tom Scott video on this, the truth behind it seems murky.
Wow. I hadn’t heard of this. What a clever (and shifty) scam.