I fell right into a "white van scam" while visiting my local bank. The young men approached me about this home theater system with a msrp of $3999.
Same stories as the others about being installers and has this system left over. Started out at $800 then went down to $600. Was not going to buy but they asked me what I would give. I figured that it would have to be worth at least $400. They accepted. While I was in the bank, a lady police officer drove up behind them. I guess she was checking to see if the vehicle or products were stolen. I spoke with the officer to inquire if the goods had been stolen. I did not want to be a party to accepting stolen goods. She confirmed that they were not. I paid the young man in front of the officer and she witnessed the exchange and the amount. I did write the license plate number down and later found out who the vehicle belonged to. I also found the address and proceeded to take the system (G-506) to that location.
The lady was not aware of anything that was wrong, She had loaned her vehicle to one of her friends son's to help him out. I left the system their and told the lady to see that the young man got the system and I would be expecting my money back. I have the information on the young man and his phone number. If I don't get my money back in a couple of days, I will file charges, if that is possible. I'm also sure the IRS would like to know the tax evasion aspect of it.
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