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A Charleston woman was swindled out of $5,000 in cash after a two people offered to give her a portion of money they said they found in the parking lot of a North Charleston department store.
The 26-year-old victim told police she was in the Ross store on Rivers Avenue on Oct. 5 when a woman struck up a conversation and told her a man outside had dropped an envelope that contained $68,000 in cash, according to a police report. The woman and a man who claimed to be a deacon told the victim the three of them could split the money, the report said. But the victim would have to put up $5,000.
The victim went to her bank, withdrew $5,000 and took it back to the store, where the suspects took the money inside and were never seen again, according to the report. The female suspect, who said her name was Alice, was described as black, in her 40s to early 50s, with dark blotches on her face, chest and arms. The man was black, in his middle 50s to early 60s, balding with salt-and-pepper hair and wearing eyeglasses.
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A Charleston woman was swindled out of $5,000 in cash after a two people offered to give her a portion of money they said they found in the parking lot of a North Charleston department store.
The 26-year-old victim told police she was in the Ross store on Rivers Avenue on Oct. 5 when a woman struck up a conversation and told her a man outside had dropped an envelope that contained $68,000 in cash, according to a police report. The woman and a man who claimed to be a deacon told the victim the three of them could split the money, the report said. But the victim would have to put up $5,000.
The victim went to her bank, withdrew $5,000 and took it back to the store, where the suspects took the money inside and were never seen again, according to the report. The female suspect, who said her name was Alice, was described as black, in her 40s to early 50s, with dark blotches on her face, chest and arms. The man was black, in his middle 50s to early 60s, balding with salt-and-pepper hair and wearing eyeglasses.
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