“How I Got Conned”: True Stories

So it’s April Fools day, but let’s face it, it doesn’t take just a day to make us feel like fools. ‘A fool and his money are soon parted’ is true for a lot of us. Whether it was at the hands of loved ones or total strangers, these are true stories how people got conned. Read and you might be able to smell a con even before it happens.

We took to Quora and discovered there were some pretty cool ways people have been conned.

Chinese 'Chor' bazaar

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'Feku' degree holder

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Get rich quick!

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Domestic abuse sympathy generator

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Love, paisa, dhoka

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I'm slim shady yes I'm the real shady

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Bombay spark plug thieves

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'Babaji ki booty'

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Delhi scamsters

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Tall TV tales

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