He rang my bell the other night, claiming to have just moved into the
student rental property across the street -- didn't I know his roommate?
He'd just moved up from Florida to go to Penn, and locked his keys and wallet in
his car, and needed money ($18.50, to be exact) to pay the locksmith, who was at
his car but wouldn't open it until he produced money. He matches your
description. When I said no, he started whining, "But it's cold out!" and
then left.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 6:09
PM
Subject: [UC] Scammer or Casing
Alert
We just had a guy stop by the front
door claiming he'd locked his keys in his car on 36th street (along with his
wallet) and needed my help for something abstract. He said he'd just moved up
here to live in 217 with his grandparents (the Hendersons, who may or may not
live in 217) to attend Penn. When he said this, I realized I'd met him about a
year ago when he came to my door with the exact same story and wanted $20 to
pay the locksmith. When I told him he'd stopped by already with the same
story, he said all he wanted was to call the locksmith to make sure they'd be
at his car. I asked what they're number was (the locksmith) he gave me a bogus
number (someone's home answering machine), when I said it was a home machine
he said "Oh, they must be at my car" and took off.
I'm not sure if he's just hoping to get $20 from someone or,
as Christy suspected, he was casing the place.
Thought I should mention this in case anybody else runs into
him.
He looks to be mid to late 20's, about five five, white, very
closely cropped dark hair, slight gap between his front teeth. He told me his
name was Lee.
Christy says she believes she's also met him when she lived on
20th street telling the same story.
Has anybody else run into this guy?
kc
