Just spotted this on the MPD 3d Listserve (which is a good resource if you haven’t joined):
Some months ago, I was scammed out of nineteen dollars by a bill-switching scammer in the CH Giant. He asked for a twenty in exchange for two tens, then claimed that I had given him a one-dollar bill, not a twenty. Only later did I realize that he had palmed my twenty and switched it with a one-dollar bill.
A similar thing might have happened to me today, I’m not sure. After being asked for the same exchange — a twenty, for two tens — the guy started to protest that I hadn’t given him — well, it’s not certain, but I reacted pretty strongly to what appeared to me to be the same bill-switching scam. Then he said that I had indeed given him a twenty, but he had asked for twenty ones, not a twenty-dollar bill. (Not very likely, I think.)
I wonder if this bill-switching scam is going around 3D. Is this something that we should all be on the alert for?
I’ve noticed this before elsewhere, but still worth being careful when people ask for change.
