Another Door-to-Door Scam

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Submitted by Soul Man on Thu, 2012-01-26 13:09

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This was posted on SSFF:

Star Newspapers
From a reader: "Someone is going around Fishtown telling people the are from the Star and if they donate money for Cione's sports teams their name will appear in your paper. I personal know two (targeted) women. I have also heard from a few more."

This is not a function of the Star Newspapers
No one from our paper will ever go door to door asking for money.
The Star is a free community paper a nd it will always be.
Don't be fooled.

Hayden Mitman
Managing Editor
Star Newspapers
215-354-3124

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shanadelphia

Thu, 2012-01-26 13:34

I had this happen back in November and it was pretty much word for word identical. The guy kept insisting that I look "familiar" and asked to come in. Pretty unsettling.

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A.J. Thomson

Thu, 2012-01-26 13:38

I confronted this guy as he tried to get money from me at my home on a Sunday night about two months ago. I knew he was immediately lying, since no organization raises money this way. Had my kids not been in my living room, I would have kept him there until police arrived. I told him that I was calling the cops and that he should leave my house. He sprinted down the street as I followed him for four blocks.

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YJB 2k12

Thu, 2012-01-26 15:49

Right on, AJ.

If you can, hold onto this guy until the authorities come.

Is this the same guy who has a loose leaf sheet of paper with signatures, typically laminated?

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KingDingAling

Thu, 2012-01-26 16:07

I hope he knocks on my door. I have a very hungry pit bull who's in the mood to make a donation.

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Thud

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:02

Why is this called Another Door to Door Scammer? I don't think that's fair because alot of us go door to door and we're honest. Last year I went door to door to sell subscriptions to Grit. Nobody in Fishtown wanted any. They said it was for hicks. Plus they didn't believe me when I said it was a magazine. They said it was a newspaper. I told them it was not a newspaper, it was a magazine. They thought I was lying to them and trying to steal their money. But if they would have paid me they would have gotten their Grit magazine and seen it was a good magazine. So I say you have to know who it is going door to door before you say they are a scammer.

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Kenzo

Fri, 2012-01-27 09:26

When is someone gonna sell door to door orgasms? It's always something I don't need, like the ghetto numbers (dude asks for $$$ to draw your house number on the pavement for no particular useful reason)

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1801

Fri, 2012-01-27 10:23

Kenzo wrote:
When is someone gonna sell door to door orgasms? It's always something I don't need, like the ghetto numbers (dude asks for $$$ to draw your house number on the pavement for no particular useful reason)

They actually dont even askfirst. They do it and then ask for money. It looks horrible.

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bozoloper

Fri, 2012-01-27 10:25

1801 wrote:
Kenzo wrote:
When is someone gonna sell door to door orgasms? It's always something I don't need, like the ghetto numbers (dude asks for $$$ to draw your house number on the pavement for no particular useful reason)

They actually dont even askfirst. They do it and then ask for money. It looks horrible.

they got us right around christmas last year.

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Kat

Fri, 2012-01-27 10:26

Thud wrote:
Why is this called Another Door to Door Scammer? I don't think that's fair because alot of us go door to door and we're honest. Last year I went door to door to sell subscriptions to Grit. Nobody in Fishtown wanted any. They said it was for hicks. Plus they didn't believe me when I said it was a magazine. They said it was a newspaper. I told them it was not a newspaper, it was a magazine. They thought I was lying to them and trying to steal their money. But if they would have paid me they would have gotten their Grit magazine and seen it was a good magazine. So I say you have to know who it is going door to door before you say they are a scammer.

Grit is a good magazine. I only say that because I was in it once.