Shell Game in Stockholm Old Town May 2012

This is the crew which has played three shell game in the Stockholm Old Town for years. This time, they have a younger man in training, to carry on the legacy.



The young man came to block my view after a while:

The guy in a white jacket pretends to be a Chinese tourist:

The female shill tries to play, but is generally ignored by the thimble rigger during this session:

The thimble rigger tries to get some marks to make a bet:

This guy has operated the thimble rigging for years, but is now doing the lookout duty. He normally wears a hat when playing the matchstick boxes, to avoid being recognized:

The scammers are driving a dark blue VW Passat sedan with Swedish registration plates STH-959, and a dark blue VW Bora with SWJ-292.

The cars are registered to:

Agim Zeqiri, born 11:e juli 1964, phone: 070-496 08 96

Senapsgatan 12 Lgh 1102

424 43 Angered

and

Nazmi Haxhija, born 1:e january 1972, phone: 031-714 19 16

Almgården 7  

424 39 Angered   

Street con in Copenhagen

Most of this crew has previously been playing in Stockholm. Here they are in Copenhagen, on June 6th, 2011:









The two younger men did not take part in playing, but they were instructed by the boss where to stand during the scamming:



Excluding the two younger men, there was one thimblerigger (the guy who shuffled the boxes), four players, and two lookouts.















Here is one of the lookout guys: