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 ...
Lady came to door saying she was a granddaughter of neighbor and we ordered a book come to find our he does not know her. Gave her check for 52.00 said she was from chicago and going to school there and this done at univ. F chicago ...
Young man came to door with confusing but plausible story about making money to get to an internship at a radio station in CA. Claimed to be a neighbor, claimed to be a student at a nearby University, told me the program he represented was designed to collect money to send books to a well-known ...