Masterminds

[bennyk]

kind of cool, but are there more than 3 unique episodes?

bk

[tek]

Let's count the kinds of cons that would be fun to watch:

1)theft
2)forgery
3)counterfeiting

Hmm, I guess you're right...

[bennyk]

there's a counterfeiting one?

bk

[tek]

I've seen art and Egyptian artifacts counterfeited ont hat show.

A cool show the other day was Breaking Vegas on TLC (I think). This guy from Rhode Island was a professional jeweler who created original pieces. One day he and a few buddies go to Foxwoods. He's playing the $10 slots (never gambled before). Starts looking at the token and...

Next thing you know he's buying $100k worth of machine shop equipment and he's counterfeiting $10, $25 and $100 slot tokens at ALL the casinos in Foxwoods, AC, Vegas and Reno.

When he was at Caesars AC he was spotted on camera putting a couple tokens in a machine that began to malfunction. He just walked away instead of calling an attendant for a refund. They didn't know who he was yet, but they had a photo. Meanwhile they took the tokens he put in and sent them to the manufacturer. They said they were legit!

Anyway, sometime later he's back at Caesars AC and the gaming enforcement guy just happens to be walking by...

[BradleyT]

The Alaskan drug runners episode was pretty cool.

[housenuts]

damn. this show sounds cool. anyone seen any torrents for it? i can't find any.

[bennyk]

i think that was the second one i saw.

i loved how after he got out of prison the "mastermind" put an ad in the paper saying he had experience managing an international fishing/shipping/distribution network...

bk

[mason55]

there's the horse race betting scam

[housenuts]

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there's the horse race betting scam

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ie. the one from the movie The Sting?

[mason55]

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there's the horse race betting scam

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ie. the one from the movie The Sting?

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maybe... i hate to admit it but i've never seen the sting [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]