CAUTION FOR OLDER MEN...A SCAM!!!!! - The Firearms Forum

rooter · 02-12-2010, 03:40 AM

Clever Scam - taking advantage of older men

Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall and in dark parking lots, etc. This is the first warning I have seen for men. I wanted to pass it on in case you haven't heard about it. This will only become more common place as the weather warms.

A 'heads up' for those men who may be regular Lowe's, Home Depot, or Costco customers. This one caught me by surprise.

Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don't be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you or your friends.

Here's how the scam works:

Two seriously good-looking 20-something girls come over to your car as you are packing your shopping into the trunk. They both start wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, with their breasts almost falling out of their skimpy T-shirts. It is impossible not to look. When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say 'No' and instead ask you for a ride to McDonalds.

You agree and they get into the back seat. On the way, they start undressing. Then one of them climbs over into the front seat and starts crawling all over you, while the other one steals your wallet. I had my wallet stolen July 4th, 9th, 10th, twice on the 15th,17th, 20th, 24th, &29th. Also August 1st & 4th, twice on the 8th, 16th, 20th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, and 30th three times last Monday and very likely again this upcoming weekend.

So tell your friends to be careful. What a horrible way to take advantage of older men.

Warn your friends to be vigilant.

Wal-Mart has wallets on sale for $2.99 each. I found cheaper ones for $1.99 at K- Mart and bought them out. Also, you never will get to eat at McDonalds. I've already lost 11 pounds just running back and forth to Lowe's, Home Depot, and Costco

Artemus · 02-12-2010, 07:47 AM

That's it I am going shopping today.Wheres my wallet?

carver · 02-12-2010, 09:18 AM

Why can't things like this ever happen to me?

Popeye · 02-12-2010, 04:39 PM

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A 'heads up' for those men who may be regular Lowe's, Home Depot, or Costco customers.

There are 18 of stores with these names in this area. So far, I have burnt up seven tanks of gasoline making the rounds of these stores. Zero! Zip! Nada! It may be happening in other states, but I haven't quit trying!

navis128 · 02-12-2010, 04:44 PM

Dang y'all...I thought this was something serious that I should pass to my father...oh wait...I think I will anyway

He's an old Sailor too

red14 · 02-12-2010, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by navis128

Dang y'all...I thought this was something serious that I should pass to my father...oh wait...I think I will anyway

He's an old Sailor too

I say it's woth a shot. Odds are better than, well, never mind.

02-12-2010, 03:40 AM	#1
rooter VMBB Senior Chief Of Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Marty Robbins old hometown, Glendale Arizona--a suburb of Phoenix. Contributor Posts: 9,274	CAUTION FOR OLDER MEN...A SCAM!!!!! Clever Scam - taking advantage of older men Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall and in dark parking lots, etc. This is the first warning I have seen for men. I wanted to pass it on in case you haven't heard about it. This will only become more common place as the weather warms. A 'heads up' for those men who may be regular Lowe's, Home Depot, or Costco customers. This one caught me by surprise. Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don't be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you or your friends. Here's how the scam works: Two seriously good-looking 20-something girls come over to your car as you are packing your shopping into the trunk. They both start wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, with their breasts almost falling out of their skimpy T-shirts. It is impossible not to look. When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say 'No' and instead ask you for a ride to McDonalds. You agree and they get into the back seat. On the way, they start undressing. Then one of them climbs over into the front seat and starts crawling all over you, while the other one steals your wallet. I had my wallet stolen July 4th, 9th, 10th, twice on the 15th,17th, 20th, 24th, &29th. Also August 1st & 4th, twice on the 8th, 16th, 20th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, and 30th three times last Monday and very likely again this upcoming weekend. So tell your friends to be careful. What a horrible way to take advantage of older men. Warn your friends to be vigilant. Wal-Mart has wallets on sale for $2.99 each. I found cheaper ones for $1.99 at K- Mart and bought them out. Also, you never will get to eat at McDonalds. I've already lost 11 pounds just running back and forth to Lowe's, Home Depot, and Costco __________________ -->

02-12-2010, 07:47 AM	#2
Artemus V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mass. Posts: 358	Re: CAUTION FOR OLDER MEN...A SCAM!!!!! That's it I am going shopping today.Wheres my wallet?

02-12-2010, 09:18 AM	#3
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,295	Re: CAUTION FOR OLDER MEN...A SCAM!!!!! Why can't things like this ever happen to me? __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

02-12-2010, 04:44 PM	#5
navis128 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 1,392	Re: CAUTION FOR OLDER MEN...A SCAM!!!!! Dang y'all...I thought this was something serious that I should pass to my father...oh wait...I think I will anyway He's an old Sailor too __________________ A British general reported to London that the rebels, though untrained, had earned his respect: "Whoever looks upon them as an irregular mob will find himself much mistaken." "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." The Declaration of Independence