These guys sound smarter than the guy who stopped me one morning Telling me a story about how he had just lost a $25 bill and Desperately needed a loan to get a taxi to take him to the Airport.
The most tiresome one is the guy who pretends to be completely Out of funds and urgently needing money to go to buy diapers For his infant, whose diaper is supposedly full to overflowing. He can go on for ages with the details. There is a lot of this going around . . . Ann Mayer Subject: [UC] Re: Scammer or Casing Alert Yes, and sometimes the scammer is clever enough to know the name of one of your neighbors (goes through trash?), i.e. "I just moved in with my Aunt Mary, you know her right, and she said if I could ever had a problem I could knock on your door...I just got accidently locked out..." Or..."I live in Media and I lost my wallet, and I need train fare to get home. Here is my business card..." (which is legit if you call it, but probably not his). We've lived in this neighborhood at various addresses for almost 30 years. We've probably heard variations on these two stories at least 7 or 8 times. I won't tell you how many of those times I was suckered, not necessarily for money, but in try to help......hey, my field was social services. ----------------------forwarded---- 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 ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
