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Possible door-to-door scam

Posted on | March 22, 2007 | 2 Comments

Either a suspicious scam or an orphanage is in need, YOU DECIDE!?

From tipster Aaron:

There are people going door-to-door, asking residents to purchase children’s books to donate to an orphanage. They are selling them to earn a trip to Europe. They claim they live around the corner and give a name and address…probably someone they just scammed. These people are usually are trying to sell magazine subscriptions. This must be a variant of the original scam.

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2 Responses to “Possible door-to-door scam”

  1. AG
    March 28th, 2007 @ 10:38 am

    The magazine scam is back too…here is a link to the news item about it: http://www.nbc12.com/news/state/6733986.html
    Same story, the kids selling the magazines say that some of the profits go to their school or to help pay for a school trip.

  2. Jennifer
    January 30th, 2008 @ 2:08 pm

    Two girls came to my door saying this group they were a part of isn’t local, but they travel around the country earning points by selling magazines. They said they are working on their communication skills by going door-to-door. We didn’t need any magazines so we purchased a book to donate to a needy school.

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