Two incidents of the same scam have been reported in Old Torrance.
Each incident has occurred in the evening and the suspect is described as an African American woman dressed in an medical smock frantically knocks on the door. She claims she lives down the street, but none of her neighbors are home. She just got a call --her husband is in construction and injured --or her husband was hurt at work and three of his fingers were cut off. She's got to get to the hospital in San Bernadino, but doesn't have enough gas. She needs money to get gas. She offers to leave her drivers license as proof that she'll pay it back. As it turns out she's hit the area south of Carson a few months ago and again this week. She claims to work at Harbor UCLA.
The woman seems to cry a little and is in a "hurry up" panicked act--it is an act. As it turns out this same woman went to the same house with the same "emergency" a few months ago. So, far we know that she has called herself "Cheryl" and "Rachel," but whatever she calls, and no matter how she pretends to cry, it isn't true.
Call the Torrance Police Department at 911 or 310 618 5642 if this happens to you.
Each incident has occurred in the evening and the suspect is described as an African American woman dressed in an medical smock frantically knocks on the door. She claims she lives down the street, but none of her neighbors are home. She just got a call --her husband is in construction and injured --or her husband was hurt at work and three of his fingers were cut off. She's got to get to the hospital in San Bernadino, but doesn't have enough gas. She needs money to get gas. She offers to leave her drivers license as proof that she'll pay it back. As it turns out she's hit the area south of Carson a few months ago and again this week. She claims to work at Harbor UCLA.
The woman seems to cry a little and is in a "hurry up" panicked act--it is an act. As it turns out this same woman went to the same house with the same "emergency" a few months ago. So, far we know that she has called herself "Cheryl" and "Rachel," but whatever she calls, and no matter how she pretends to cry, it isn't true.
Call the Torrance Police Department at 911 or 310 618 5642 if this happens to you.
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