Beware of the Neighborhood Scams

You must see on the TV news the same stories I do about the scam artists using various their schemes to rook unsuspecting victims out of their money. The victims are often older citizens who are lonely and the most vulnerable. Or they're not as aware and alert as they once were. I see various ads taped to mailboxes or stapled to the signposts. Fabulous weight loss programs get plugged a lot. Driveway repaving, curbside street address numbers painting, and treework are also popular ads. That's not to say there aren't honest landscapers, painters, and tree surgeons doing their jobs. I can see them hard at work, too. The problem has gotten so bad, our political supervisor has written about it in her newsletters. I guess the cops have better things to do than to chase all the charlatans and cheats out of the neighborhoods. They'll be right back after the cops leave the scene anyway.