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Los Angeles Warns Against Con Schemes and Names of Scams
The Los Angeles Police Department warns readers to distrust fast money schemes and strangers, detailing con games like the pigeon drop cot smack Jamaican switch Sick Engineer and the Williamson oiling scam. It outlines how each ruse operates near banks and how victims are pressured into paying large sums for fake services or empty promises.
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