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76-year-old man swindled out $10,000 in New Jersey shopping center ‘pigeon drop’ scam
A 76-year-old construction worker was swindled out of $10,000 by two alleged grifters running a “pigeon drop scam” at Bergen Town Center in Paramus, N.J.
The victim was approached by a roughly 60-year-old man wearing a dark suit and tie who spoke with an accent. The man claimed that while in the area for a church function, he found a bag containing $185,000, according to NJ.com.
Police said that man’s alleged accomplice, roughly the same age and weighing 350 lbs., soon pretended to happen upon the pair and helped “gain the trust” of their mark.
The scammers convinced the unsuspecting septuagenarian to drive to his bank and withdraw $10,000, which would be their insurance while he held onto the much bigger bag of cash until further notice. The bag the victim was given reportedly contained only paper wrapped around what he thought were American dollars, which turned out not to be the case.