Sleight of Hand and other Street Scams

Sleight of Hand and other Street Scams: "Good Neighbor Scam
One door-to-door scam involves a man who approaches an elderly homeowner and tells him, or her, that he has been involved in a vehicle accident and that he is the relative of the homeowner's neighbor who is not presently at home.
The con uses both the homeowner's name and the name of the neighbor while asking for money to pay for the wrecker. After being given whatever money he requests from the elderly homeowner he then leaves. Later, the homeowner contacts the neighbor and learns the neighbor does not know the suspect and has no knowledge of the supposed accident."