A young male came to our door claiming to live in near by neighborhood. Wanting to raise money for his ball team to take trip for final compitition. We were asked to sponsor a number of children from an area childrens hospital, each child sponsored would receive 10 new books and his team would receive a portion of the profits. It was $38 dollars to sponsor a child and he was asking people to sponsor anywhere from 4 to 10 children averaging $152 to $3800 dollars.
After realizing after the fact that this was a scam, I located the individual in a near by neighborhood. I confronted him in someones house just prior to him taking her check. Demanded my check back and the checks of my neighbors. He argued with me trying to convince me his story was real. I asked the homeowner at this point to call the police. He at this point gave me the checks I asked for and bolted for the door. His tag number, discription and copy of his fake receipt were later given to police.
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