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Pigeon Drop Street Scam Variations

One elderly woman was approached by a younger woman who said that she had found $100,000 in an envelope and showed her a letter that was reportedly in the envelope.

The suspect identified herself as an employee of the postal service and that she knew certain rules.

The woman was told that if she paid a $1,000 finder’s fee, the money would be split between the suspect, the victim and the postmaster.

When the victim said that she would have to call her husband first, the suspect said she had to go across the street to H&R Block and was never seen again.

Pigeon Drop Victim Loses Good Faith Payment

In one case, the female suspect told the victim that a man had almost run her over in the parking lot and that in the process, a duffel bag full of money fell out of his vehicle.

About that time, a second person, described as a clean-cut, white male in his 30s, approached the women and asked if everyone was okay. The victim did not realise the man was part of the unfolding scam.

The female suspect told the victim and the man she worked for a local attorney and said she would contact him to see if they could split the money.

The female perpetrator then told the victim to drive her to an area hospital where the attorney was supposedly visiting a client. So the victim drove the suspect to the hospital and waited in her car while she went inside.

About 20 minutes later, the suspect came out and told the victim that she met with the attorney and that they agreed to split the $150,000 found inside the bag. She said the attorney told them not to go to the police because they would seize the money.

The victim was told the money would be split four ways - between the victim, two suspects and attorney — but that she would first have to put up some earnest "good faith" money.

The victim then agreed to drive the female suspect to her home, where she happened to have $15,000 in cash which she foolishly gave, along with a two-carat diamond ring, to the suspect.

The pair then drove back to the hospital, where the victim was told they would split the money found in the duffel bag. The female suspect took the $15,000 cash and ring inside the hospital and told the victim to wait inside her car.

After 30 or 40 minutes passed, the victim began to panic and drove to the purported attorney’s office, where her suspicions were confirmed: She had been scammed.

See also Pigeon Drop Scam, Jamaican Switch Scam, Latin Lotto, South African Switch, Credit Card Liability