Forks cops warn women to be vigilant in new scam at Giant, Park Plaza

Forks Township police are urging the public to stay vigilant in a new fraud focusing on typically women in parking heaps.

In the fraud, which investigators describe as “distraction thefts,” a guy and woman observe a woman target close to a shop and then both confront them while inside of the retail store or at their vehicles in the parking good deal. Scammers then ordinarily use a ruse, telling victims there is an difficulty with their tire, law enforcement claimed.

Although one distracts the target, the other steals valuables from inside the victim’s car, in accordance to police. Forks police have taken experiences lately describing this action at each Big Food Shops, together City Heart Boulevard and the Park Plaza purchasing heart, together Sullivan Trail.

Victims tend to be “older ladies,” law enforcement stated.

Those people with information and facts is questioned to speak to Forks Township Police Det. Michael Friel at [email protected] or 610-438-8122.

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Pamela Sroka-Holzmann may perhaps be achieved at [email protected].