On March 4, two high school kids went door-to-door in our neighborhood with a story of being only a couple of magazine sales away from winning a summer trip to Italy. I was skeptical but the kid said his sister had done the same magazine sales last year & was able to go to Europe.in addition, ...
Two personable young men came to my door on a sunny Saturday afternoon claiming to be the children of a family in the neighboring subdivision. They claimed to be raising money to go to a baseball tournament through a charity. They offered to wash my windows the following day if I gave them a check ...
On December 31st 2008 a nice highschool kid was going door to door and selling magazine subsciptions for United Family Circulation Inc. He stated he was raising enough money to go to Spain with the local soccer club. He said he was so close that just one more sale and he met his need so we ...
My husband and I fell for this scam on Saturday. A very charming young lady came to our home and said she was a new neighbor and was trying to win points for a soccer championship trip. We fell for her story and ordered a 2-yr subscription (which normally would cost $24) - she charged us $64. ...
The kid was clean cut, very personable and believable claiming he's a student at Cal State Fullerton and a neighbor of ours, living a couple streets over. He's selling magazine subscriptions "to earn a trip." Wanting to help him out I wrote a check for a two-year subscription. I filled ...
Young guy appproached me and later several other residents in our area claiming to be son of a neighbor, UVA student, who received a grant for a three-months study in the UK, ticket paid by father, other expenses to be subsidized by selling subscriptions. Magazines could be given to military ...