I see I am not the only one that has fallen victim to this type of scam. Just like everyone else you feel bad for these kids (and they are KIDS) who come to you asking for money towards charities and points for a trip abroad through their school. Magazine subscriptions were offered as well, but I ...
Well, I seem to find myself in good company. A very genial young lady calling herself Shauna Reid came knocking on my door at about 3 this afternoon. She had a very believable story about studying communications and wanting to pay for a trip so that she could study overseas (in my case to Spain). I ...
Two young men rang my doorbell and said they were with the Bandits Traveling Baseball team and were selling books/magazines to help them earn money to go to Maui, Hawaii to play in the world series. They stated that the magazines / books would go to a local children's hospital for the children to ...
A young man came to the house, stating that he lived on a nearby street, that he was raising funds for his baseball team, and that he was selling books and magazines to raise those funds. Lots of families have children raising funds for sports activities, so I didn't think anything of it. I looked ...
On 8-21-07 a very personable young man came to my door selling magazines for his "baseball team". He went so far as to ask to use the bathroom although he lived "just down the street" I was foolish enough to let him do so as I was so taken aback. I bought a subscription to ...
Tonight a teenaged boy came to the door saying he was 'Rachel's son, down the block with the black labrador' and asking me to support sending his baseball team to Hawaii for playoffs by buying magazines. I agreed, there is a Rachel and there are many black labs. As I made my selections I was struck ...