Fake Violin Scam

Police are describing people pretending to play the violin for money as a "nationwide issue."

More info: The CW7

Who We Are
Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 02, 2022
Category: Frauds, Cons and Scams | Music

Comments

Maybe it is "performance art" and thus protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. constitution?
Any constitutional scholars out there want to weigh in on this?
:lol:

Posted by Patrick on 08/02/22 at 07:02 AM

Time to cue up the quote about suckers...

Posted by KDP on 08/02/22 at 03:59 PM

Yes, it's a trick, but a fairly harmless one.
The news report is treating it as though they were selling contaminated pork sliders.

Posted by Arcadia Berger on 09/26/22 at 05:11 PM

Commenting is not available in this channel entry.