For when the 0bamaphone just isn’t good enough
Via KTVB
The latest out-of-town scammers appear to be in Boise right now, targeting the homeless, with a ploy that could cost everyone, according to the Boise Police Department.
In recent months, have told us about criminals coming from other states, staying in Idaho for maybe a week and getting as much cash as they can through retail fraud, check-cashing schemes, and now cell phone scams aimed at the homeless population.
Police: Scammers have been traveling the region
BPD homeless liaison and bicycle Officer Tom Shuler spent Monday warning people on the streets and talking to shelters about the latest scam.
Shuler says two or three scammers from California are targeting the homeless, looking for cell phones to sell for hundreds of dollars in other countries. They appear to be traveling around looking for victims.
“They just hit Salt Lake before this. They’ve been around the whole region,” Shuler said.
To get the phones, the scammers pay homeless people to go into stores and sign up for multi-phone cell phone contracts. Then the scammers keep the phones, and they keep the service connected, which means bills keep going on the homeless person’s account they aren’t using.
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