I had a young woman come to my door to ask if i would help her with suggestions for a career. I told her sure. She said she was trying to get points for a trip to Europe and the more she learned about people the better chances she would win. She definitly knew how to sell it. She handed me a tri-fold of magazines with point values. I looked over them and then started to become suspicious. She must have realized it cause she kept saying she just got out of high school and signed up for this program in asporation to learn what she wanted to go to college for. I said ok whatever signed up for a few magazines. I asked her how much it was. She said $150 dollars. WOW! Ok being the good samaritian i figured it was for a good cause. Then she started pushing for cash. I said sorry dont have cash, she said check or debt would be acceptable. I told her that i would give her a check cause she does not need my debt card number. Then she said for a bonus if i paid in change she would get a bonus 1000 points. I laughed and said no check would do. Before she left i asked her what college she was thinking about going to and she said Harvard. All the bells went off in my head. So i looked it up on the internet and found out from this site that it was a scam. I imediately called my bank and canceled my check. A cost of $20 dollars was alot better than $150. I then went to warn a friend in the same complex and saw another girl trying to do the same thing. I warned the guy she was talking to and called the cops. The cop said he would write it up and put it in as pedalling. He said there was not much more he could do since it was out of state it was an FBI thing. So not much to go on. So heads up dont fall for it like i did and so many others that live near me.
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