Last year, a young man rang my door bell and said he was the son of a doctor who lived across the street from my community. He was clean cut, well spoken and very well mannered. He said he was trying to raise money for a trip with his softball team by selling books to be donated to a charity of our ...
A young lady came to my door in May saying she was in a contest to sell magazines and books and that the winner of the contest would win an award to be used for educational purposes. She showed me a list of my neighbors who had purchased either magazines or books and gave me a book to look through ...
On July 30, a young woman, either in her late teens or early 20's, came to the door. She said she lived a couple streets over, and named a street I was familiar with. She said she had been attending Georgetown College, but was home due to financial reasons, and hoped to go back next year. She was a ...
This group is also working in Bellaire, Texas. As many of the others reported, the salesperson (con man) said he was raising funds for our local baseball tema to compete in Hawaii. He told a compelling story that included a specific description of a local woman he claimed was his mother. I have now ...
Same M.O. Used as many other had here, example "New local neighbor honor student class trip donate to local charity of my choice my mom is baking all customers cookies as thanks, yadda, yadda, yadda. This girl was good! I even knew better as I was doing it! Never fell for a scam like this. ...
Solicitation of overpriced books and magazines by well-trained young red headed male. He claimed he was a student at Indian River Community College. He appeared nervous and said he had a problem with public speaking and he was selling as a part of his communications class. He said he was 19yrs old ...