NYT's Complaint box column: "The Sympathy Sham"

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meganlibrarian
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The New York Times' "Complaint Box" column today features an author living in Prospect Heights who fell for the "my mom just had a stroke and I need $6 to tow her car" guy.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/complaint-box-the-sympathy-scam/

Windsor Terrace=>Park Slope=>Prospect Heights=>Park Slope.

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whynot_31
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Being discussed here:

http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/the-panhandler-with-the-mother-who-has-wrecked-her-car/page/2#post-744686

For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

# Posted 1 yr ago

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