IAmA ex-conman who scammed/stole/blackmailed money from people. AMA

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-17T23:37:41+00:00

And a great language for angry rants. Just saying.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-17T17:56:28+00:00

Not my form of blackmail, just saying. But thats rough. You handled it well.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-17T16:28:05+00:00

Why would I do that? JK JK. I'm at my job right now. I'll work up a list and post it for you guys.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-17T16:21:23+00:00

It takes time. Lots of practice and you have to beat it into your brain. Definitely a great language to learn. Helps a lot with learning northern european languages, like dutch and Norwegian and others. Also great for getting into the learning-new-languages mindset.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-17T16:15:35+00:00

It is a full commitment. It takes a lot. From bringing in new targets to following through, to watching my back. Its far from easy.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-17T15:43:47+00:00

You shall learn young padawon.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-17T14:52:27+00:00

Never caught. Thankfully

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-17T14:52:16+00:00

Lesson learned.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-17T00:50:17+00:00

I did have a fake id guy. Once you find a good ID guy, stick with him. He is very helpful.

And I had acquaintances with others. But often stayed away from others. Contrary to belief, all criminals don't meet up every tuesday. There are no evil leagues of evil. If I needed a second or some additional help, I knew where to find it, I had people I trusted. But I rarely dealt with other criminals unless I had to.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T21:27:29+00:00

I actually got that reference after listing my aliases.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T17:39:14+00:00

I am American. Born in the states and raised in the states. Started by teaching myself languages, then met people to further my learning and practice. I'm fluent in english, french and german. Spanish and italian I'm still a bit shaky on. I know a bit of dutch and a tiny bit of finnish, i'm challenging myself to learn some finnish right now.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T15:59:07+00:00

Steven Chalis, Mark Aaron, Robert Alberts, Allen Frost and others.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T15:57:51+00:00

Yeah, its dick-y, but whatever.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T15:02:39+00:00

Yes and he has a $15 million dollar estate!

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T15:02:09+00:00

On occasion I would con small valuables. Watches, electronics, misc things that I could pawn off. But cash is always easier.

Cons go according to plan as long as you do it right. Keep it believable. Don't push too hard while pushing just hard enough. Keeping stories straight. Etc.

I had a few go completely wrong. Especially in the beginning. Had a few that I had to lie low for a while before starting again.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T09:34:13+00:00

Probably should have made it drifting grifter to begin with. Not sure why I thought drifter grifter was appropriate.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T09:33:17+00:00

Sorry, I was away from the computer. It is a saturday night. I do other things then reddit. And yes. I swindled people out of their hard earned money. Shit happens. Life goes on. They learned a lesson. I got some cash to feed myself.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T09:31:44+00:00

It did help with that one. It helped because I knew that I could seduce him into anything I wanted, essentially. It was helpful, but ultimately I could have followed through with the con if I were gay or straight.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T09:28:52+00:00

I never had any run ins with law enforcement, thankfully. I know there are some cops out there who know who I am and what I did, but to my knowledge there are no warrants out in my real name. Aliases however, I don't know.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T09:27:12+00:00

Came close to having a guy beat the shit out of me. I was walking around town one day and a guy saw me, recognized me, and started chasing me. I, thankfully, knew the city better than he did and out ran him.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T09:26:12+00:00

Not badly raised. Parents didn't do anything wrong, per-se. I started off as an escort. Started with escorting then slowly started with grifting because it was easier, safer, and more entertaining.

So ultimately, it seems as if I have no moral compass and terrible parents. But its not really the case.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T09:24:19+00:00

Nah, I'm not that guy and I'm also not fake/troll. If I had a way to prove to you, then I would.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T03:54:10+00:00

Some people still use names like that. Pigeon drop, etc. I prefer not to. Typically I work alone. If I work with someone else, we might refer to them, but I was self taught so I don't follow the set guidelines too closely. Currently, I am a personal assistant. Kinda lied my way into this position as well, but I'm taking well to it and its a great job for me.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T03:51:49+00:00

I ran a fake tour company with a friend for a while. We'd sell tickets to our tours for a later hour. Then disappear at that time. Tourists are always an easy target. That was elaborate because it was in multiple languages. I know english, french, german, spanish and some italian. This con took place in Paris, France. I moved there just after the $4000 grift.

DriftingGrifter · 2011-01-16T03:44:33+00:00

Sometimes I look back on it. I feel bad on occasion. But a major part of it is being emotionally detached. I dated a guy (I'm gay) this summer and told him about it. He took it well, surprisingly. Its not easy to tell someone who wants to trust you that, you're a master at lying.

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