Ritz-Carlton Moscow
June 2009

I was having a conversation in English with an expatriate based in Moscow. Seeing that we were speaking English and other tables were speaking Russian 2 really stunning ladies taking seats next to us. They were making a wrong assumption that we don't speak Russian and as a result one starts to share her latest success in her small scam of 2 of her lovers.

Basically, in the economy, where cash is the king, she asked one of her boyfriends to buy her a new Mercedes, which he did. He went with her to the car dealer and paid in cash for the car. On the next day, she took other boyfriend there with the same request and he paid in cash for the same car. Outcome for lady is that for 5% paid to dealership she increased her savings account by a cool 70.000 EUR. Both of those girlfriends were quite excited about that.

For folks, who spend some time Moscow this trick should not come as a surprise, but worth posting here to maintain the thread activity.