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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 1180598, member: 15062&quot;]Kudos to you!&nbsp; These thieves come to town here twice a year.&nbsp; They take out a 2-4 page newspaper ad offering &quot;up to&quot; mega dollars for this and that.&nbsp; Usually they picture and solicit WW2 items, gold and silver coins, Rolex watches, diamond rings, etc.&nbsp; Usually they&#039;re in town for a two day event.&nbsp; When you consider their travel costs, hotel rental for overnight accomodations and banquet room rent plus employee wages, it&#039;s sobering to realize that they&#039;re still making monstrous profits from the gullibility of people who sadly don&#039;t know any better.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately there&#039;s nothing much that can be done unless you get cooperation from the police, who aren&#039;t inclined to do much unless an actual crime is being committed.&nbsp; You can do your own voice recording of a transaction, but then it&#039;s you that are in violation of the (wiretap) laws.&nbsp; You could stand out in the parking lot and warn patrons, but you would certainly be threatened (successfully) with prosecution for trespass.&nbsp; The newspapers aren&#039;t interested in an investigation since they&#039;re getting tens of thousands of dollars in advertising from these people.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure the hotel would allow a TV crew and satellite truck to interfere since they (the hotel) are getting thousands of dollars in revenue from the crooks.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>fraud</b>/frôd/Noun</p><p>1. Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are they practicing fraud?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; The trick is to convince the police that they are. and then to actually do something about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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