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Con Man With Counterfeit Cash Scammed Elderly Victims Out Of Nearly 60K Each In Maryland: PD Con Man With Counterfeit Cash Scammed Elderly Victims Out Of Nearly 60K Each In Maryland: PD
Con Man With Counterfeit Cash Scammed Elderly Victims Out Of Nearly 60K Each In Maryland: PD A 59-year-old Maryland man has been arrested for scamming elderly victims out of nearly $60,000 each in schemes that police are calling "pigeon drop scams." Keith Twiggs, of Temple Hills, had $21,000 in counterfeit cash and a wallet containing the type of note often used in pigeon drop scams in his possession when police arrested him on June 29, county police said. A pigeon drop scam involves convincing a victim to give the suspect(s) a large amount of cash as collateral with the hope of then sharing a larger sum of money.  There have been eight pigeon drop scams reported in the …

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by Cecilia Levine