Moment brazen Edinburgh man 'tries to swindle local' with 'envelope trick' but gets caught
A man "attempting to swindle" someone by failing to pay for a phone they were selling was captured on camera.
He met up with another man on Edinburgh's busy High Stree t, where they discussed the price and an envelope was exchanged.
After handing over what turned out to be an empty envelope, he took off running before leaving the phone on a wall, Edinburgh Live reports.
The incident was shared online by Ko Simpson on TikTok, who captioned it: "Slowest guy as well."
The pair met and shook hands outside the capital's Museum of Childhood, with the prospective customer asking the man filming if the phone has been wiped completely.
He takes it out of the box and examines it, before confirming £400 as the agreed price.
He hands over a white envelope and turns around before running away into the nearest close towards a residential area.
Quickly realising the envelope contained nothing, the other man chases after him, and watches him dump the phone on a wall and carry on running.
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After the incident was shared on social media, locals were quick to share their reactions. One said: "Bro thought he was going to make an easy sale. Nice job recording though."
A third said: "The way he put down the phone like nope."
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