Talk:Maradona (scam)

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[edit] Citing a site that plagiarized me

OK, I have a dilemma here. For this article, after a Google search, I cited Expat Focus Avoiding common scams when travelling, but, their wording looked awfully familiar, so I looked back at what I wrote 3-1/2 years ago on my own web site and, in fact, they plagiarized me! (See my Bucharest Practicalities.) Weirdly, by Wikipedia's usual citation standards, they are probably more citable than I am but they took this from me, pretty much verbatim, violating my copyright! Would it be appropriate to cite my own article here, instead of their rip-off of it? -- Jmabel | Talk 08:58, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

A copyright violation is a copyright violation. If you mark this article with a copyright violation template, Wikipedia will either remove it or give you credit (your choice) if you give them permission to use it. I don't know exactly how to do that. Try searching for "copyright violation".

RickReinckens 06:45, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Report a copyright violation here: Wikipedia:Copyright_problems The page has instructions.

RickReinckens 17:35, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I should have written a followup here. You seem to be misunderstanding: it's not a copyright violation by or of Wikipedia: it is that when I was doing my research, I discovered that a supposedly referenceable, serious site had plagiarized my personal site. I wrote them, and they have now given me appropriate credit. -- Jmabel | Talk 23:54, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] In Budapest

I recall that this trick was described in a tourist brochure in Budapest, Hungary, but I don't know whether it has a name there. bogdan 09:59, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

After a google search I found:

One common scam usually occurs in tourist areas and involves a "money-changer" and two "undercover policemen." In this scam, a tourist is approached by a man who asks if s/he would like to change money. If the tourist says, "No, thank you," the man will leave. A minute or so later, two men (sometimes of intimidating size and demeanor) in plainclothes will approach the tourist. The two men will openly display their false police badges or "police identification cards," and request to see all of the tourist's money... from http://budapest.usembassy.gov/tourist_advisory.html

In another common scam foreign visitors are approached by a dubious fellow offering to change money on the street. Of course, the tourists know better than to do something so foolish and they refuse. They are then approached by "undercover cops," wielding some sort of IDs, who ask if the foreigners had just changed money. Next the "policemen" demand the tourists' wallets to check if all of their money is still there -- by the time the swindlers have left, it most certainly is not. An American couple recently reported being relieved of $2,000 in cash in this manner. http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/europe/articles/2003/09/28/beware_scams_lurking_amid_budapests_charms/

bogdan 10:02, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I know the great man conned the ref and the England team but to have a criminal activity named after him is a bit too much!