If You See This On Your Parked Car, It’s Not Good Luck. It’s Deadly.

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One absolutely horrific fact about the holidays, is the sheer amount

of scams that come to light. Just the other day it seems, there was

notification of a "Walmart Check" scam designed to clear out your bank

account, and now it turns out there's one even worse making a second

appearance. While the Walmart scam sends a letter in the mail, this

one is actually much simpler, using only a computer and a printer.

The focus of the scam is for the person committing the crime to place

a fake $100 bill on the windshields of shoppers inside the store. It

could be a grocery store or a department store, but either way you've

now got some fake money just lying on your windshield! By the time you

notice it you'll have more than likely already unlocked your car,

possibly even started it, and then you see it the âÂ€Â˜money'. At this

point the nearby thieves expect you to get out of your running vehicle

to retrieve it, at which point they hop in the drivers seat and take

off with your car.

The latest almost victim of this scam comes from St. Louis, Missouri

and her name is Kyri Viehman. Luckily for her she hadn't even noticed

anyone had left anything behind while she was still in the parking

lot, if she hadn't then her son sitting in the backseat may have ended

up as missing as her car would have been. Last year, the Maryland

Attorney General saw numerous reports of these fake pieces of

currency, so it may be that time of year for it to make it's comeback.

With that in mind, please make sure to share this with all your family

and friends, there's no reason anyone should fall victim to a scam as

horrible as this and finding a replacement vehicle while you wait for

the investigation can be even more costly the last thing anyone

needs this holiday season. Remember to stay safe, to enjoy the

holidays as they were meant, and to speak up if you see anything like

this happening in your town!