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Police warn of scams among street vendors

December 30, 2013 by Staff News Writer

Security forces warn of peddling scams


Police are seeing several common scams in the streets of San Jose. Among street vendors these include selling fake gold jewelry or boxes of appliances filled with cement. Also popular is a scam where a person asks another to cash a check, usually offered with some item for security, which turns out to be worthless.

Original Article in crhoy.com

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