Bady@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?message-squaremessage-square524fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down17
arrow-up1382arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?Bady@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square524fedilink
minus-squarekambusha@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 year agoWorld’s smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.
minus-squarebitsplease@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWouldn’t they have noticed that there were only 3 stories of windows on the blueprint?
minus-squareBady@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year 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-squareZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThere’s a Tom Scott video on this, the truth behind it seems murky.
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWow. I hadn’t heard of this. What a clever (and shifty) scam.
World’s smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.
Wouldn’t they have noticed that there were only 3 stories of windows on the blueprint?
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!”.
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.