Another senior couple has been targeted by the scam artist with a sob story.
In an almost identical incident to the one reported in last week’s News, Hanna Rosenke and her husband were duped out of $70 by a stranger at their door.
The man, of South-Asian descent and in his 30s or early 40s, regaled the couple at their Sealord Road home in Shellmont with a story that his car had been towed and he needed to get to Annacis Island to pick up his mom.
He, apparently, only had $30 on him and needed another $70 to get his car back from the tow company.
As with last week’s scam, the man claimed to be a near neighbour of the couple and would return the same day with any money he borrowed.
“He said he lived on our street, just three houses down from us,” said Hanna Rosenke in an email to the News.
“He gave us this sob-story, that he needs to get his truck to pick up his mom in two hours and he was short of money. We gave him $70.
“He then asked us for our name and what kind of beer or wine we like. He said his name was Gurjeet and if we ever need anything, he will help us out.”
Needless to say, “Gurjeet” never returned after tricking the couple on Sunday, March 8 around noon.
The couple has contacted the local Block-watch and Richmond RCMP, but are angry with themselves for being tricked.
“It is a rule now in our house: If I don’t know the car in our driveway, I don’t open the door. If I don’t know you are coming, I don’t open the door, period!”
The News reported last week how Jackie Yeates and husband Mike Nelle were conned out of $60 after answering their door of their Afton Drive home to a South-Asian man last Tuesday evening.
