I was walking on the University of Colorado at Denver campus when I was approached by a young man telling me that he was selling magazines to try and win a trip abroad. I bought a 3 year subscription for the magazine Inked and I also bought a subscription for a magazine as a gift for ...
A young man came to my door claiming he was raising money for a college trip to Spain, sponsored by World Wide Circulation, Inc. He asked for a check for $47 for some children's books that would be donated to a Children's hospital. I did not give money, and was pleased to finds his scam explained ...
Yeah, this young man conviced me to write a check for $42 AND he took my husband's cherished Mont Blanc pen (valued at over $450). He was so nice, but like my husband said, 'all con men are nice, that's why they snooker you in'. It was the usual theme, "I'm tryng to raise $'s to go to Rome ...
Young man came claiming to raise money for school trip by selling books. Said his grandmother lives just a couple of doors down from us. Just needed 2 orders and would be done. I just looked up the company and saw this site, so I'm putting a stop payment on the check I wrote to this company. ...
A girl came to my door saying she was raising money for a high school trip to London. I gave her a check for $47 for some children's books for my son. 5 months later, no books have arrived, no word from company. ...
15 yr old student who is daughter of neighbor collecting for school and "Book Sets" would go to charity. No - I figured out about 10 minutes after I wrote the check I was scammed. Con artist was probably in early twenties. Dressed on looked younger. Very, very polished presentation and ...