does anyone have any in depth knowledge of this stuff? last night i was approached by two different grifters and it was interesting to note their very different approaches.

i've long noticed that generally people who try and scam me act very differently towards me based on their race (and mine, i assume), and this played out last night... white dudes ALWAYS act stressed out/angry or even manic. generally their story involves how "that bitch" took their car while they were at a store and they are now stranded, or "i just got mugged" or something similar (one of the guys last night used the i got mugged and am stranded story). black dudes usually act very very calm and friendly, even deferential, and explain how they need to get bus fare to get back home to their family for their kids birthday or something similar (the guy who used this story on me used a variation on this last night, even though i see him all the time). i've never been approached, that i can think of anyway, by a female grifter.

i'd love to read people's accounts of grifts and scams that they have been involved in/the target of,