Saturday, March 24, 2007

Local door-to-door fundraising scam.

This (edited) message came in my in-box today:
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Several college-age men posing as San Jose State University rugby players have been knocking on doors soliciting donations. The men claim to be neighborhood residents selling children's books and they say proceeds from the book sales will be used to fund a team trip abroad. The suspects have been knocking on doors in the Rose Garden (San Jose), Los Altos, San Mateo and Berkeley areas.

For the record, the SJSU rugby club team is not raising money, and these men are not team members. If you have provided a check to men matching this description, call your local police department and your bank. To contact an SJSU representative, please send an e-mail clubsports@union.sjsu.edu.

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