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Foiled another scam

Man the thiefs in medellin must think I must not have any street smarts. Here goes:

A nicely dressed young gentleman with new jeans, nice tenis, and long new leather coat comes into my sports bar, asks for me by my first name, and told me that he was my accountant´s son (called her by first name as well), and that she got locked out of their house and he just needed $30 mil for a cab back to the house and to pay the colmena (locksmith). Now, I only have a professional relationship with my accountant who is female but thus I really didn´t know if she had kids as I don´t know much about her personal life but my 6th sense went off. So I asked the kid his name. He said, Mauricio. I asked his last name, and he said some last name different from my accountant´s last name which could be plausible. So I said, "no problem but I´ll save you the cab fare and I´ll drive you back to the house". I do know where my accountant lives because I have driven her home at times with boxes of my business´ financial crap. But I lied and said "I dont know where she lives, what´s the address" He tried the best he could but stumbled a little bit and finally rattled off some address that definitely wasnt hers so I knew I had him. I do plenty of home deliveries from the Hamburguesas Del Oeste during the week so I know almost every nook and cranny within a few miles of my restaurant and this address wasn´t remotely plausible. At that point I said let´s go and I have a panic alarm on me that looks like a car alarm. And proceeded to press that. On our way out to the car, I could see he was starting to get that trapped animal look and my only concern was maybe he was armed and for trying to steal $30 mil I didn´t want this to end badly or tragicly so I said pelao get out of my sight because I´ve already hit this panic button about 5 minutes ago so the police will be here guns ablazing any second because you see I know my accountant doesn´t have any kids and if I see you again around here, you´ll be seeing my gun instead (I dont really have a gun). And bamm he took off running like a spooked horse. Police came and laughed and our only mutual concern is how he had my name and my accountant´s name so I´ll be keeping my feelers out and antenna raised more than typical.

By spigrimace on Oct 25, 2006, 15:05 in Friendly Talkzone.

Lostgringo says on Oct 25, 2006, 15:51:

bar Does your bar happen to be Champions bar?

Your Home Away from Home www.welovebogota.com and www.apartmentinbogota.com "Luxury apartments and rooms Cheap" Only 2 blocks from the American Embassy! 24/7 hour security.http://www.monsterrakebacks.comCome gamble and get money back!

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spigrimace says on Oct 25, 2006, 16:41:

yes sir eom

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goin_south says on Oct 25, 2006, 21:50:

Where is that? I think I passed it, while there last month. It's in one of the shopping malls we went to. Not San Diego. Not Oveida. the other one, that utopiacowboy sent me to; can't remember the name just now. And, I probably should have known from reading on here, but who ever thought I would be in Medellin, until the few weeks before I woke up and found myself there? And, maybe K.E. told me to stop there. Next time.

"No hay tal cosa, como ' español perfecto '." __Senora Alta Vista

Why Colombianitas? Personally... I just don't like pink areolar tissue.

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utopiacowboy says on Oct 25, 2006, 22:38:

Not El Tesoro? Spigrimace's restaurant is in Belen, I believe, not too far from my wife's apartment.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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goin_south says on Oct 26, 2006, 00:22:

30,000.000 col pesos? Am I understanding you right? for how much the guy wanted? you mean like, 13 dollars usa? Or, am I calculating badly again?

Why Colombianitas? Personally... I just don't like pink areolar tissue.

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. says on Oct 26, 2006, 05:27:

Galecito spigrimace meant 30.000 that is about 13 dollars. How ever, the story is quite funny. I can imagine this boy saying..."tumbemos al gringo" (let's do an scam on the gringo!")

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Lostgringo says on Oct 26, 2006, 06:35:

Spigrimace Would you mind giving the directions to your bar. I would like to go there and see some NFL football.
Thanks

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spigrimace says on Oct 26, 2006, 11:42:

Address/$13 bucks Address is La 80 con 28, 1 block of the 80 con 30 traffic circle, Barrio Belen la Palma. About 3/4 mile up the 80 from DAS. Tel: 3434343. Remember NFL starts at 1pm here this Sunday and not noon anymore. Denver vs. Indy at 4pm seems the marquis match up. I Have about 15 NCAA games available via internet on Saturday along with the barcelona game and Montoya´s NASCAR BUSCH race concurrently. if anyone wants to receive my weekly schedule of what Im showing, email me at spigrimace at yahoo.com

Back to the story...It was only $30.000 pesos or about $13 bucks but if the police got him, he´d be out in about an hour or 2. So coupled with that and the fact I already hit the panic button and knew my security company and the police were minutes away, I just saw that look of desperation on his face and I couldn´t see what may or may not have been under that leather jacket and didn´t want to have to run for a meat cleaver as my only defense. He was well dressed and that made me nervous because logically why would someone so well dressed try and steal $30 mil pesos and he knew my name and my accountant´s name so I wondered if this was something more. Hopefully it was just a game to him.

Not like the stinky homeless guy who barged in last year on a rainy night and and said "lend me an umbrella to help the people!" I said why? he restated/shouted "TO HELP THE PEOPLE!!!" I said, ok give me $20.000 pesos as a security deposit. He said he didn´t have $20.000 pesos to wit I answered with a laugh "well then you dont have an umbrella either". He stormed out fuming.

Still my favorite story of a gringo getting over on a paisa had to be a lazy night at the Punto Cero motel. I have a girl originally pasia from Barrio Buenos Aires, now living in Caucasia that I see when she´s in town visiting family. She brought a friend for another gringo friend who comes down every 3 months or so. I drove and after a fun night out the girls were receptive of the idea of hitting the motel so I rolled up and asked for 2 suites. After getting the call from my buddy´s suite asking if I was done with my business, I called for my check and paid the $33.000 3 hour special for my suite. We met downstairs and drove to the gate. While the gate started opening gringo oblivio, says "hey man, where do I pay?", I said "huh?" and then it clicked that he never called to pay for his suite and I gunned the engine and peeled out while we were all hysterically laughing looking in the rear view mirror for any chasers.

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tomtom33 says on Oct 26, 2006, 11:57:

Hey Spig, I should be in town from 12/15 to 1/15. I'll stop by.

Are you still dating that same smoking hot chica? Does she have any amigas that like fat, old guys? My novia works a lot.

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el norteño says on Oct 26, 2006, 16:42:

You probably should discuss the incident with your accountant.
There's a connection there somehow. Anyway, stay on your guard for awhile.

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. says on Oct 27, 2006, 05:15:

This story reminds me when my wife was screaming very loud because a small spider was in our room.

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spigrimace says on Oct 27, 2006, 05:23:

Do the short stay motels in Bogota have... jacuzzi, turco, stereo system, disco lights, granite tops, leather sofas too like here in Medellin? Sounds like a deal at $21k for 12 hours.

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