Scam artist...what do I do?

[KGauer727]

This all started about April of 2009. I work at a Hardware store in a relatively big town just outside Chicago. A guy walks in to the store, claiming to be a war veteran (even has an ID that he let us keep) asking my boss and I for money, which he told us would come back and repay us in full once he can get to a bank (even though he's already driving his own car around town) because his sisters car got a flat tire and he needs the cash to get a spare tire. Obviously, we don't just give random strangers money so we turned him away thinking it was a little suspicious since the guy just gave us his military ID and left without it, and wouldn't take us to the car that apparently had a flat tire right down the road. The same night I was at a gas station about 20 miles away from my place of work. The same exact guy gives me the same exact story, and he gives me yet another ID (the same one as before). This really sounds fishy now and I tell him no once again and he leaves. I'm thinking his plan revolves around a Now last weekend I was at another gas station in a surrounding town and yep, same guy with the same story again. This time I ask him for his ID and tell him that he needs to leave before I call the police. Obviously the guy is a scammer and looks for young people like me and old people who seem most vulnerable. Seems like he's carrying around multiple fake IDs since he just gives them to anyone he asks for money. What if anything, could the police do about this?

[Sgt. Slaughter]

This time I ask him for his ID and tell him that he needs to leave before I call the police.

What if anything, could the police do about this?

Do you see the problem here? If the guy isn't even there, there's not much anyone will be able to do.

[Creeker]

A state or specific locale in which this is happening could be helpful for LEO's on here to watch for.

Note to Mods:

Can that be made a requirement for AAC thread posters? This isn't just the hundredth time a specific state or location could have been helpful for one reason or another.

[RoadKingTrooper]

A state or specific locale in which this is happening could be helpful for LEO's on here to watch for.

Note to Mods:

Can that be made a requirement for AAC thread posters? This isn't just the hundredth time a specific state or location could have been helpful for one reason or another.

Come on dude, dust off your Kreskin hat and the "answers" to the pertinent information will come to you

[grumpyirishman]

A state or specific locale in which this is happening could be helpful for LEO's on here to watch for.

Note to Mods:

Can that be made a requirement for AAC thread posters? This isn't just the hundredth time a specific state or location could have been helpful for one reason or another.

He said outside CHICAGO!!! Creeker not know where Chi-town is????

[Creeker]

He said outside CHICAGO!!! Creeker not know where Chi-town is????

Creeker know where Chi-town is. Creeker also know where outside of Chi-town is...and contrary to some popular belief, it happens to be the rest of the Country.

I could say I'm "Outside of New York" and be correct.

We talking Gary, Indiana? Milwaukee, Wis.? How far "outside"?

[patchcop]

Creeker know where Chi-town is. Creeker also know where outside of Chi-town is...and contrary to some popular belief, it happens to be the rest of the Country.

I could say I'm "Outside of New York" and be correct.

We talking Gary, Indiana? Milwaukee, Wis.? How far "outside"?

I work in Cologne, Germany and my house is down in the country, also Germany.

And both is outside Chi-town. And far away from that!