Scam Alert! Don't Pick Up Hitch Hikers

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Dan Garcia

Story Created: Apr 12, 2007 at 5:05 PM CST

Story Updated: Apr 12, 2007 at 5:50 PM CST

Don't pick up hitchikers is what many of us have been taught since learning to drive.

Now the Wichita Falls Police Department is urging Wichitans to listen to this classic advice. A scam artist who identifies himself as a city employee needing a ride to city hall is taking advantage of Wichitans. He asks for rides and forty dollars for gas.

Once the suspect arrives at city hall he leaves with $40 in hand. 

Again the suspect is not a city employee be cautious. Other variations on this scam include borrowing money for a tire or requests for overnight accommodations due to car trouble.

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