18 Dumb Schemes People Almost Got Away With
Not everyone has the savvy or commitment required to live a life of crime. You don’t necessarily have to be a genius to pull off a criminal scheme, but you should at least remember to check the gas gauge before stealing a car.
Some wannabe criminals had to learn this the hard way. Case in point: One Redditor’s brother got caught stealing 20 cases of beer from a convenience store. He probably should’ve started off by stealing a six-pack and graduating to larger quantities after repeated success, but he aimed high from the beginning. Unfortunately, his scheme had a critical flaw: He was stealing the beer on foot. While ducking in and out of the convenience store and hiding cases in the bushes, one of the workers called the police, and he was caught beer-handed.
Other Redditors have shared the dumb schemes that people almost got away with, including a whole lot of failed bank robberies.
