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Published: June 19th 2008
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Three card Monte
The cards would be bent in the middle and there would be bends on the corner, but I just couldn't do that to my deck. This is the second time that this has happened to us. The first time was last year in southern Indiana at a rest stop on I-65 and today at a rest stop along I-75 in northern Kentucky. Both times there was an urgent knock at the door. The only time George left the coach was the first time, so we can’t be certain it was the same.
It starts with an urgent knock at the door. There is one man standing outside. He’s nice and friendly and has an air of urgency about him. We’ve heard the following lines:
“Michigan, Michigan you‘ve got to see this. Come with me.”
“Do you have a CB? Have you seen the news? The RV that was on the news is at the other end of the parking lot. Come on and see.”
“Is you husband home? I need to show him something about the tire in the back.”
I’m certain there are dozens of lines to entice people to go with him to the scam, and he uses whichever he thinks is appropriate to the person who answers his knock. Today when we declined the first invitation, it was a while later and there was a different knock and a different reason to go out of our coach.
The one time George went, he was taken to a game of Three Card Monte in the parking lot. They had gotten several people to go down there. This is his recount of the event:
There was a man dealing three card Monte. He was giving away the winning location. There was no way to lose! (Yeah Right!) While some bystanders were urging me to play, one man asked me to hold his money. I wasn’t born yesterday! I walked away quickly. The end.
Both days I noticed several people heading back to their vehicles or trucks and the atmosphere of a carnival quickly dissipating. It seems like a great way to have a mobile scam. They can swindle some money and be back on the highway in a short period of time.
Be warned….don’t play…you can’t win!!!! For more info on Three Card Monte just do a search or check out the following websites:
http://www.pagat.com/misc/monte.html
http://people.howstuffworks.com/question590.htm
http://www.goodtricks.net/three-card-monte.html
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Joyce Barney
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Thanks for sharing this info
I would not expect to find this kind of thing going on in a rest area, thanks for the warning! We visited Kentucky ages ago and had a great time at all the historical sites. Maybe now that Mikes retired we'll travel again. Enjoy your trip, I'll be looking for pictures.