Scam in Paris

Never trust a guy that drives a washing machine as a car

When you reject his offer and all his enthusiasm leaves his face. Priceless.

If this man applied only 50% of his marketing skills on a legitimate job, he would have been filthy rich.

SO listen up, this is how they scam you: They give you the clothing, and leave. In the meantime, they're keeping an eye on you. A few minutes later the guy returns and tells you that he made a mistake and gave you the wrong jacket / dress and askes for them back since they actually belong to an important client. When you give them back, they inspect the jacket / dress and point out that there's damage )a pre-existing rip or stain) and they demand that you take responsibility for damaging the clothing. They will argue and argue with you, saying that the jacket / dress costs like $5000 and that you ruined it. They ask you for the money to pay for it. After more argument, they tell you something like "Ok, it's my responsibility too, I will assume the cost of this. But at least give me part of the cost, say $500." And that's how they try to get you. If this happens to you, don't argue, or try to negotiate. Just tell them: No problem, I'll call the police and we'll wait here for them. We'll let the police settle this. If you do that, they will try to weasel their way out, ask you for at least $200 and if you don't budge and wait for the cops, they will take their garbage clothing and scram.

Yeah this doesn't look suspicious at all! We always keep spare leather jackets on the front seat just in case we meet some lovely ukranian tourist

So does that mean you can't have spaghetti with his brother in Rome?

It is amazing that criminals like this get upset when you are not willing to be scammed. It is as if you have done something wrong.

His love for Ukrainians has finished very fast when he refused the gift... Ajajai

"I know a little Russian" meanwhile speaks better Russian than me and I've been learning it all my life.

Yes, I'm convinced that most directors of Italian fashion houses drive a 'smart' car around Paris giving their work away to total strangers.

He's really putting his multi-linguistic talents to good use.

This exact same thing happened to me in Paris in 1996. In my case, the charming Italian guy gave me a leather Ferrari jacket, because of course, he was the head designer of Ferrari. Anyway, I accepted it because the jacket was actually really nice. He then gave me another one for my girlfriend -- all for "free." So I accepted after he assured me there were no "strings attached" and I gladly accepted. After that, he asked me if I could give him some gas money cause he had no cash, was out of gas, and of course -- late for his flight at Charles De Gaulle to Milano. When he realized that I literally had no cash on me except for a few francs, and I wasn't willing to give it to him, he took the jackets back and left. Basically, they guilt you into giving them cash for garbage products. For me, it's a lot of work for very little profit, but the truth is, there's a sucker born every minute...

Meanwhile they were mad expensive clothes the dude felt like giving away out of the kindness of his heart before heading back to his mansion in Rome to talk about the loss of trust in the world over spaghetti with his brother Luigi

The scam happened when he was sold that car 😂

-Ты из Москвы? -Нет, маленький город. -Санкт-Петербург? -Да, Санкт-Петербург.

Whenever someone's story is so overly convoluted you know to be suspicious

You would think that speaking French, Italian, Russian and Lord-knows how many other languages, that there are thousands of great-paying legitimate jobs that do not involve scamming. What a waste of top-tier language and interpersonal skills! Penny wise and £ foolish.

A fashion director would not drive a car like that... lol

Wasted potential could have been a really good salesman

lol I immediately understood Kolya wasnt taking him serious when he confirmed he lived in the "small" city, Kharkov