Another Short Con with a Magic Bill
Thursday, January 8th, 2009 running time 08:38
We've covered a few magic tricks, and we've covered a few street crimes. This episode we're going to combine the two and get a magic trick that acts as a smokescreen for an actual crime.
We introduce the Magic Bill!
Effect: Being friendly at the bar, you show a trick to your waitress: A Large bill is taken from the register, signed, and then burned to ashes. Miraculously, the signed bill materializes inside the register. You're a hero!
Method: a simple switch of bills is made before the burn, and the original bill is handed off to an accomplice. While you're putting on the show (and taking your time burning the bill), at the other side of the bar the accomplice spends the bill to purchase a drink. This has the effect of not only getting the original bill back into the register, but also getting a large amount of change out of the register (not to mention a free drink, to boot).
Read that again: not only does this magic trick amaze the bartender, it swipes money right out of the register!
This con can be performed with any denomination of bill (even a hundred), though smaller bills (like twenty) will be less conspicuous.
Oh yeah: Plus, it's illegal!
Scam School Homework!
1. Rent from Netflix
2. Use the Scam School code: www.netflix.com/scamschool
3. Watch "Matchstick Men" starring Nicolas Cage. You'll learn some short-term lottery cons as well as watch the characters develop a long con.
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Highlights
Nicolas Cage
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6:14, 6:14
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scam
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0:23, 5:52, 5:54, 6:41, 7:07, 0:23, 5:52, 5:54, 6:41, 7:07
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ups
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8:16, 8:16
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Brushwood
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8:21, 8:21
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Nicolas Cage
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6:14, 6:14
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scam
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0:23, 5:52, 5:54, 6:41, 7:07, 0:23, 5:52, 5:54, 6:41, 7:07
)
ups
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8:16, 8:16
)
Brushwood
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8:21, 8:21
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Automatically Generated Transcript(may not be 100% accurate) ( more )
" War. This -- a -- school brought to you by Netflix. Welcome to school we -- toughest decisions going to be bottled or draft scam school the only show dedicated to social engineering at the bar and on the street. I'm your host frank rush waited so far we've learned a couple of criminal street scams would like some good magic tricks of the bar this time we're going to combine the two with a pretty good magic trick."
" And -- killer way to add a little bit of crime."
" And here's how to -- it. -- very had been."
" Then there. Robert -- they really didn't -- In this -- back CN."
" What's going to happen. Believe and I."
" To this story."
" There's a ton that I love about this scam the fact that it's a trick wrapped up and a scam wrapped up in a magic trick the fact of the set up the so elegance of the takedown is so perfect. They only have one little problem and that it's. Illegal so unfortunately all of the previous with -- electoral purposes only let's talk about some homework. We continue your graduate course on Scientology through Netflix by watching Mexican men starring Nicolas Cage -- about a few years ago and I liked it quite a bit I think it's one of the more underrated con man films out there lot of insight into how guns work it's a very long column that they work. You get to learn some short term lottery bonds as well first match stick and I like that one quite a bit by the way if you don't have Netflix is what you gonna do. The Netflix plans start from four dollars 99 cents as a new member you get a no risk two week free trial membership. Check it out at www. Netflix dot com slash scam school -- remember when you're signing up for Netflix we need to get the credits we've got to go to www. Netflix dot com slash scams we'll make sure to put WWW and there or we don't get any credit. We don't get any money and you don't get a divorce gives schools. Let's take a little ridicule today from the forums -- media rights. How do you handle a tough audience who constantly tries to mess -- trick up for example people insist on not telling you which -- they were thinking -- when you try to perform the mind control scam. -- people who insist you shuffle the deck of cards they are way. That is a great question Colby and I don't know why but for some reason your friends are gonna make the worst audience members ever for some reason whenever his friends he's somebody pulling magic -- you want to do is cruel trick -- put people in their place I actually find it's a lot easier to perform to absolute strangers either at the bar on the street or anywhere that's -- magic makes such good social lubricant tells you -- new people. Now you have a question -- of the Revision 3 message boards that revision3.com. Slash stands -- or you want to suggest one of your favorite -- scams -- have a question about anything you see it on any of these episodes Writely directly at Bryant revision3.com. Next week we're gonna be doing something very special very seasonal we're gonna learn how a slide whistle and a starboard just might get you out of an audit -- first and it finally designated driver. Taxi."
" Actually your hometown that you can get."
" Live updates about -- school meet ups follow my tour schedule and join live online practice sessions by following me Brian Brushwood on Twitter head over to twitter.com slash -- and click on the follow button. That's this HW OOD can't wait to hear from you guys."
" War. This -- a -- school brought to you by Netflix. Welcome to school we -- toughest decisions going to be bottled or draft scam school the only show dedicated to social engineering at the bar and on the street. I'm your host frank rush waited so far we've learned a couple of criminal street scams would like some good magic tricks of the bar this time we're going to combine the two with a pretty good magic trick."
" And -- killer way to add a little bit of crime."
" And here's how to -- it. -- very had been."
" Then there. Robert -- they really didn't -- In this -- back CN."
" What's going to happen. Believe and I."
" To this story."
" There's a ton that I love about this scam the fact that it's a trick wrapped up and a scam wrapped up in a magic trick the fact of the set up the so elegance of the takedown is so perfect. They only have one little problem and that it's. Illegal so unfortunately all of the previous with -- electoral purposes only let's talk about some homework. We continue your graduate course on Scientology through Netflix by watching Mexican men starring Nicolas Cage -- about a few years ago and I liked it quite a bit I think it's one of the more underrated con man films out there lot of insight into how guns work it's a very long column that they work. You get to learn some short term lottery bonds as well first match stick and I like that one quite a bit by the way if you don't have Netflix is what you gonna do. The Netflix plans start from four dollars 99 cents as a new member you get a no risk two week free trial membership. Check it out at www. Netflix dot com slash scam school -- remember when you're signing up for Netflix we need to get the credits we've got to go to www. Netflix dot com slash scams we'll make sure to put WWW and there or we don't get any credit. We don't get any money and you don't get a divorce gives schools. Let's take a little ridicule today from the forums -- media rights. How do you handle a tough audience who constantly tries to mess -- trick up for example people insist on not telling you which -- they were thinking -- when you try to perform the mind control scam. -- people who insist you shuffle the deck of cards they are way. That is a great question Colby and I don't know why but for some reason your friends are gonna make the worst audience members ever for some reason whenever his friends he's somebody pulling magic -- you want to do is cruel trick -- put people in their place I actually find it's a lot easier to perform to absolute strangers either at the bar on the street or anywhere that's -- magic makes such good social lubricant tells you -- new people. Now you have a question -- of the Revision 3 message boards that revision3.com. Slash stands -- or you want to suggest one of your favorite -- scams -- have a question about anything you see it on any of these episodes Writely directly at Bryant revision3.com. Next week we're gonna be doing something very special very seasonal we're gonna learn how a slide whistle and a starboard just might get you out of an audit -- first and it finally designated driver. Taxi."
" Actually your hometown that you can get."
" Live updates about -- school meet ups follow my tour schedule and join live online practice sessions by following me Brian Brushwood on Twitter head over to twitter.com slash -- and click on the follow button. That's this HW OOD can't wait to hear from you guys."










