March 27, 201115 yr Hi Guys..<< "Getting Lucky" for me is finding my own car in the car park.....>>I didn't wish to hijack IMAGRANPA2's 'scenery blues' thread in the FSX Forum, I thought that I'd start a new thread here...Since, like me, you frequent car parks, and have problems, I thought that I'd pass on this warning of a scam here in the UK..True story .... A 'heads up' for those men who may be regular Tesco customers. This happens at Sainsbury's, too, so be aware........... Recently I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Don't be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you or your friends.Here's how the scam works: Two seriously good-looking 20-something year-old girls come over to your car as you are packing your shopping into the trunk. They both start wiping your windscreen with a cloth, and since both are very attractive and skimpily dressed ... It's impossible not to look. When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say 'No' and instead ask you for a ride to McDonalds . You agree and they get in the back seat. On the way, they climb into the front and are crawling all over you, and only after you have dropped them off do you realise that your wallet has disappeared.I had my wallet stolen May 4th, 9th, 10th, twice on the 15th, 17th, 20th, & 24th, 29th. Also June 1st, 4th, twice on the 8th, 16th, 23rd, 26th, 30th, three times last Saturday and very likely again this coming weekend. So you and your friends to be careful !P. S. Tesco has wallets on sale @ £3.00 each. RegardsBill0.9nm SW R03 EGOW i7-3770K 4.2GHz, 16GB, GTX 970 4GB, Win 7 64bit, LG 38GL950G, CH Yoke/Pedals, T.16000M, GenX UK, UK2000 EGGP & EGCC, AeroSoft Gibraltar, FSC 9.5, FSL A320X, 737NGX A318/A319/A320/A321, A2A Cherokee/JF Hawk T1/Dino's EF2000, Iris Grob Tutor
March 27, 201115 yr It took that many wallets before you realised that they were up to something? Andrew McCluskey
March 27, 201115 yr Sounds to me like they were taking advantage of you more than a scam! But getting your wallet stolen isn't funny.
March 27, 201115 yr Bill,Any news links about this? If not, then I think you have had too many adult beverages. 3 times in one day, right.
March 27, 201115 yr Bill: I'm not that far from my 80th- any chance you could give me driving directions to the carpark you mentioned?AR
March 27, 201115 yr I'm not that far from my 80th- any chance you could give me driving directions to the carpark you mentioned?
March 28, 201115 yr Bill: I'm not that far from my 80th- any chance you could give me driving directions to the carpark you mentioned?AR+1!Cheers,- jahman.
March 28, 201115 yr Author Hi guys..<< Bill: I'm not that far from my 80th- any chance you could give me driving directions to the carpark you mentioned? >>Ha ! Quote - 'You cannot be serious' ?Unfortunately not.In these days of PC, I've gotta watch what I write...but a friend of mine who retired to Eire sent me that one - that's all I'm saying...sorry I cannot claim it as mine. (I also had to 'Clean it up' for release).:( I nearly ended up having hospital treatment for a hernia - I was trying to lift too many wallets into my rear pocket.....and Jim - I strongly deny being racist, but I only drink adult beverages made in Scotland...:( RegardsBillFormby, UK0.9nm SW R03 EGOW i7-3770K 4.2GHz, 16GB, GTX 970 4GB, Win 7 64bit, LG 38GL950G, CH Yoke/Pedals, T.16000M, GenX UK, UK2000 EGGP & EGCC, AeroSoft Gibraltar, FSC 9.5, FSL A320X, 737NGX A318/A319/A320/A321, A2A Cherokee/JF Hawk T1/Dino's EF2000, Iris Grob Tutor
March 28, 201115 yr Good thing nobody believes any of this.But we can all hope and wish...LOL.... C172P N97674 PPL SEL Complex High Performance
March 28, 201115 yr Commercial Member Sounds like they got scammed. Pretty good deal... "copping a feel" for a $3.00 wallet. Where do I sign up! Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
March 29, 201115 yr Author OK so now I've been to 13 parking lots. No luck yet...5 to go... :(With the price of petrol here, now at £1.30 per litre (Is that about 60p per pint ?) I'll hafta reduce my car park search....:( RegardsBillFormby, UK0.9nm SW R03 EGOW i7-3770K 4.2GHz, 16GB, GTX 970 4GB, Win 7 64bit, LG 38GL950G, CH Yoke/Pedals, T.16000M, GenX UK, UK2000 EGGP & EGCC, AeroSoft Gibraltar, FSC 9.5, FSL A320X, 737NGX A318/A319/A320/A321, A2A Cherokee/JF Hawk T1/Dino's EF2000, Iris Grob Tutor
March 29, 201115 yr BillCusick, You sure spent alot of money replacing drivers licenses and credit cards, you didn't have any credit cards did you? :( "Caution is the elder brother of wisdom"
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