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Travel Bug Dog Tag The Paris Ring Scam

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Owner:
Big Wolf Cub Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Origin:
United Kingdom
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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Current Goal

To travel about from cache to cache (except Paris!)

About This Item

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The "Excuse me, is this your ring?" scam may not be new, but I had three people in one day trying it on me in central Paris last month (Feb 07)

It works like this: someone walks near you on the pavement and appears to pick up a shiny gold ring off the ground and ask if you've dropped it. Of course you say no, but while you're looking at it they say they are in a rush and could you take it to the Police. They then say that as they are poor and homeless the Police will just persecute them for stealing it! Finally they ask you for money . . . . .

On the 3rd time when this happened I decided to 'buy' it for 5 euros as a souvenir so others could see how real the ring looks. It even has 18K as a authentic looking haul mark inside. It is of course a scam so watch out.

The 'gold' ring is of course attached to the TB so you can now see it for yourself.



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If you have held onto me for more than 14 days, can you send my owner, Big Wolf an email, letting him know what your intentions are? I know I am desirable but I only like to be held onto for longer than this, if I am to be helped further along my journey. Thanks

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Tracking History (24053.7mi) View Map

Write note 5/6/2013 Big Wolf Cub posted a note for it   Visit Log

The Paris Ring Scam was transferred from Big Wolf to user Big Wolf Cub

Mark Missing 5/6/2013 Big Wolf marked it as missing   Visit Log

The owner has set this Trackable as missing.

Dropped Off 9/2/2011 Trollmond placed it in Letterbox Nordhausen Thüringen, Germany - 396.67 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/20/2011 Trollmond took it to 2. Niedersachswerfer Cacherstammtisch Outdoor Thüringen, Germany - 36.79 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/14/2011 Trollmond took it to Zur Weidaquelle Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany - 14.01 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/14/2011 Trollmond took it to Trojaburg Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany - 11.5 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/12/2011 Trollmond took it to Hauptbahnhof Naumburg Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany - 425.2 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/29/2011 Trollmond took it to Vildmosen Vest Region Nordjylland, Denmark - 163.88 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/27/2011 Trollmond took it to Honnevje rasteplass - Oppdagerne #89 Agder, Norway - 181.91 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/26/2011 Trollmond took it to Gimmestad kirke Vestland, Norway - 59.28 miles  Visit Log
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