NYT's Complaint box column: The Sympathy Sham

meganlibrarian

October 2011 edited November -1 in Prospect Heights

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/

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  whynot_31

  October 2011

  Being discussed here:

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

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