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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 518018"><p>I live in a neighborhood in a "safe" suburb -but my doors are locked, alarm is on when we sleep or are out-and sometimes even when I am home. (Our houses are set back and we're in a wooded area-and we don't have a dog)</p><p></p><p>It may sound OTT-BUT-last summer we received a warning letter from the pd. Apparently, a distressed woman was ringing doorbells and giving a sob story which varied from fleeing an abuser to car trouble etc. While she busied the homeowner at the front door, her cohorts were slipping thru the unlocked back doors & stealthily cleaning out jewelry boxes & electronics in a matter of minutes. Total pros-part of a "known" crime ring. </p><p></p><p>You did a good thing. But I would also call the non emergency # at the PD just in case-and to give them a heads up. She may have been truly in need -or-she may have been trolling, she may have been hoping a single, elderly person answered,or my guess is she desperately needed a fix. etc. </p><p></p><p>I feel bad being the "jaded" poster to a good Samaritan ... But my difficult child is a substance abuser AND I am a retailer-and we've seen so many scammers/thieves. . . </p><p></p><p>Please don't let my "jadedness" color your good act of kindness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 518018"] I live in a neighborhood in a "safe" suburb -but my doors are locked, alarm is on when we sleep or are out-and sometimes even when I am home. (Our houses are set back and we're in a wooded area-and we don't have a dog) It may sound OTT-BUT-last summer we received a warning letter from the pd. Apparently, a distressed woman was ringing doorbells and giving a sob story which varied from fleeing an abuser to car trouble etc. While she busied the homeowner at the front door, her cohorts were slipping thru the unlocked back doors & stealthily cleaning out jewelry boxes & electronics in a matter of minutes. Total pros-part of a "known" crime ring. You did a good thing. But I would also call the non emergency # at the PD just in case-and to give them a heads up. She may have been truly in need -or-she may have been trolling, she may have been hoping a single, elderly person answered,or my guess is she desperately needed a fix. etc. I feel bad being the "jaded" poster to a good Samaritan ... But my difficult child is a substance abuser AND I am a retailer-and we've seen so many scammers/thieves. . . Please don't let my "jadedness" color your good act of kindness. [/QUOTE]
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