{"id":132207,"date":"2023-02-15T10:55:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=132207"},"modified":"2023-02-15T11:17:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:17:12","slug":"huntsville-resident-warns-of-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-resident-warns-of-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville resident warns of scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A scam artist is operating from grocery store and other area parking lots, according to a resident who was recently approached during the early evening hours as it was starting to get dark.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A respectable-looking man, about 55-60 years old, taps on your window or otherwise approaches you to inform you that there is a problem with your back tire.\u00a0He encourages you, in his very broken English, to get out of your car so he can show you a nail or tack in the tire. He wants to draw you farther toward the back of the car to show you more nails in your tire,&#8221; said the resident who did not want to be identified. &#8220;There is likely an accomplice waiting near the front of your car to grab your wallet, your purse, your keys, maybe even to take your car.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resident, who is not originally from the area, said she is cautious about opening her window to strangers in foreign countries but never dreamt that would be the case in Huntsville. She suspected something wasn&#8217;t right and quickly got into her vehicle and reported the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said police are aware of the scam.&nbsp;&#8220;It has been happening in areas south of Huntsville and now they are here.&nbsp;Do not engage with anyone you do not know in this type of situation and do not get out of your car if you are approached. You can drive to a safe place to check your tire,&#8221; she warned.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scam artist is operating from grocery store and other area parking lots, according to a resident who was recently approached during the early evening hours as it was starting [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":132210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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