I don't know if this has been posted or suggested before, anyways while I was reading some scam here I got an idea.
Basically it will require you to scam an account first and to get the most out of it.
Here is a good scam (credits go to Sineater)
http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-sc...-flawless.html
Other good scams to get accounts :
http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-sc...ycat-scam.html (Palumir)
http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-sc...eal-thing.html (phishing -
darkninja  
http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-sc...ount-scam.html (
zxiloN)
Alright , you got the account, so this is where my idea can be useful. You log on the character and check this guy's friends list. Now use your social skills and try asking his friends to borrow you some gold (Optional: you could check the friend's armory and if he has some crappy char he probably won't have too much gold).
Most of the times you will see that his friends will be able to borrow you gold for couple of days. You can get from 1k to 5k depending on your luck.
Now that you got the gold , you can either sell it to some gold buying company or you can keep it on your char if you're going to transfer him.
Hope this helps.