Beware of travelling "doctors" who profess to cure anything, specially eye ailments, Keep all receipts. It will prevent paying a bill the second time to unscrupulous collectors who sometimes take over accounts from closed stores, Watch the girl outside the counter who tries to help you out with a purchase in a store, She may be a girl who walked in without a. hat and coat, posing as a sales girl in order to take your money and disappear.
Crooks often watch the obituaries, call at the home of the bereaved as representatives of a reliable florist and take a deposit on a flower order. Always check with the store.
If you advertise lost jewelry don't buy a Dawn ticket from a person who says he found the lost article and pawned it. Chances are you will never find the pawnshop.
The Government doesn't sell anything from house to house. Anyone trying to sell you something while posing as a government representative should be reported.
Check up before you send money to a friend or relative who requests it, Some swindler may be using your relative's name.
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