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Originally Posted by Red-Mile-DJ
During the entire encounter, did you bother to write down or take a pic of the license plate number, face, etc of the people trying to pull this scam?
Or did you just decide to remember the specifics so you could run to CP and post about it right away? Please tell us you at least called it into the non-emergency line (403-266-1234).
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There's not really much that can be done. Pics of the people who are doing it are helpful, but not much else is of any use. The plate is almost always stolen, and 'buyer beware' covers the rest.
The coats one is 'new' to me, though. Generally I hear some sob story about how someone bought gold watches/rings/jewelry, usually to help out the poor person who really didn't want to sell it, but is willing to take (however much the person got bilked for) for gas and food for their family, which they are just trying to get back to...
Basically, if someone is trying to sell you something out of a van, vehicle or some other means that isn't an actual 'proper' outlet for that...keep 'buyer beware' in mind, and that you most likely are getting hustled.
It keeps going because they do make some serious coin off of it. The jewelry ones I hear about often start in the $250+ range and go up quite quickly. If 'you' think that you are pulling a fast one on someone and 'helping them out' and 'getting a good deal' in the process...you are the one being rooked, not the other way around. "If it sounds too good to be true..." applies heavily here.