Sales person was from Texas. He needed a sale for overnight lodging. Then he needed a sale for his 2 children. Would not tell me who the profits go to. After not bowing to his pressure, he left my house throwing his umbrella in the street, walked away to an unknown car a drove away. ...
I walked into my elderly mother's kitchen to discover she was befuddled and had check books open. I asked what was going on and she said a young man had come in asking for money to donate books to children's hospital. She wrote him a check for $84 and he said "okay, that's for boys, now we ...
2 kids came to my door saying they needed money to go to trip in Europe. They said they were my neighbors grandkids. I don't know all my neighbors so I fell for their scam. They were selling childrens books for $42.00. They used pressure tactics and kept saying— how can you not help your neighbors ...
Person came to the door of my senior mothers home and she "bought books for charity". Well, she wrote a check for $58. I wasn't even aware of her buying these so called books until today when I received a notification from her bank that her account was overdrawn. I investigated and found ...
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 ...