List of confidence tricks#Rip deal

The advance payment scam or Rip deal ( engl. to snatch rip =, or to rip off = tear, rip, deal = trade ) is the criminological term for a variant of a fraudulent criminal act.

The perpetrators act as alleged lender or purchaser. The victim is appointed to a public place such as a bar or restaurant, where the trade is to be settled. In this case, the perpetrators often make the desperation of the victims exploited, which often are in financial difficulties and / or want to sell hard to sell movables or real estate or need.

Thus, a commission is required in cash for alleged loans; at the meeting point, the perpetrators then disappear with the money to provide anything in return. The victim is caught off guard by the rapid escape in the rule.

The darkfield this offense is likely to be considerable, as the perpetrators openly speculate in commission payments to black money the victims by themselves often request this payment as such. The victims do without in these cases is often to a criminal complaint.

Credibility generate the perpetrators by well-groomed appearance and a purported identity as wealthy businessmen.

Originally the fake trade was limited to the currency exchange as this is, however, become increasingly known, the perpetrators will now embark on increasingly as a lender or purchaser.