{"id":33421,"date":"2022-09-26T16:30:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=33421"},"modified":"2022-09-23T10:49:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:49:04","slug":"wire-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wire-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Paul Wilson On: The Wire Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
One advantage of taking an interest in various\nforms of deception (or disadvantage, depending on your point of view) is that I\nnavigate the world constantly looking for flaws or weakness in everyday\nsituations that could potentially be twisted into a scam by a clever, motivated\ncon artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not every opportunity is a new one, of course,\nand during a recent lunch in a Glasgow pub, I spotted an accidental\nvulnerability that might give a dishonest gambler the opportunity to repeat a\nvery old scam that usually requires a great deal more work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During our time filming The Real Hustle<\/em><\/a>, one of the main challenges presented to us (by being on the BBC) was that any scam we staged had to be something that had really happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many con games<\/a> are based on principles that can be adapted or applied to countless situations so often, our hands were tied in terms of creativity where a true con artist would be free to innovate however they please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thankfully, we earned a little latitude over time since many old con games<\/a> were now redundant in their original forms yet still applicable to the modern world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, technology and innovation had created\nmany more opportunities for old scams to remain both feasible and profitable to\ncontemporary scammers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So it was with the old wire scam: A con game\nwhere the mark was made to believe they had an unbeatable advantage due to some\nflaw in the communications network of the time – such as the telegram system or\n\u201cwire\u201d – and were convinced to buy stocks or make bets based on early access to\nresults that were seemingly being delayed on their way to legitimate banks or\nbetting establishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may remember this scam from The Sting<\/em><\/a> where con artists Hooker and Gondorff built a \u201cBig Store\u201d scam in which they built and ran an entirely bogus underground sportsbook filled with fellow con artists eager to take down Robert Shaw playing evil crime boss, Doyle Lonnegan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the movie, Donegan was convinced by a western\nunion clerk – actually another hustler \u201cborrowing\u201d a legitimate clerk\u2019s office\n– that he could delay the results of any horse race then relay the winner to\nDonegan in time for him to make a bet on a race that had already been won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you haven\u2019t seen the movie, add it to your\nlist immediately – I envy you your first viewing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The principle at work in this con is the simplest of betting scams or cheating advantages<\/a> – knowing the outcome before making or taking a bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHustlers Are Ahead Of The Pack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n