Dear Popville
The man in this photo is pretending to be a fire system inspector.Busiest at Pearl’s Bagels[土曜日]In the morning this man came over and told the manager he was there to inspect the fire extinguishing system and update the fume hood tag. Got it and when he hung up he lied to them saying we forgot to let them know he was coming, handed him 4 bills and said Oliver was going through the bills I said I told you to pay.Cash in the safe. They were busy and flustered and paid him without confirming that we said this.The bill totaled $947.[Saturday}AMthismancameinandtoldourmanagerthathewastheretoinspectourfiresuppressionsystemandupdatethetagsonourventhoodHehadourmanagercallusandwhenhegotoffthephoneheliedtothemandsaidthatwehadforgottentoletthemknowthathewascominghandedthem4billsandtoldthemthatOliversaidtojustpaythebillsviacashinthesafeTheywerebusyandflusteredandpaidtooldthemthatconfirmedandpaidhim’lars[Saturday}AMthismancameinandtoldourmanagerthathewastheretoinspectourfiresuppressionsystemandupdatethetagsonourventhoodHehadourmanagercallusandwhenhegotoffthephoneheliedtothemandsaidthatwehadforgottentoletthemknowthathewascominghandedthem4billsandtoldthemthatOliversaidtojustpaythebillsviacashinthesafeTheywerebusyandflusteredandpaidhimwithoutconfirmingthatwe’dsaidthisThebillstotaled7dollars
When they told us they paid him cash, we realized it was a scam. rice field.
DO NOT PAY THIS MAN!!”
From MPD:
“Detectives from the Special Investigation Division of the First Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department are requesting the cooperation of the public to identify suspects in a first-class fraud case that occurred on December 1, 2018. Saturday, April 22, 2023located 1000 blocks northwest of 7th Avenue.
At approximately 10:37 a.m., the suspect approached a facility employee at the designated location. The suspect claimed to be a fire inspector and persuaded the employee to hand over the money from the register. The suspect then fled the scene.
The suspect was captured by a surveillance camera and can be seen in the photo below.
ANYONE THAT CAN IDENTIFY THIS PERSON OR KNOWS ABOUT THIS EVENT SHOULD TAKE ACTION OTHER THAN CALLING THE POLICE AT (202) 727-9099 OR TEXT YOUR TIP LINE AT 50411 not.“
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