PORT ST. LUCIE — Police are looking for a man accused of posing as a Wal-Mart employee selling LCD television sets at a discount.

One woman said she met the man wearing a Wal-Mart ID tag with the name “Bill” on it at Tina’s Café, according to police. There he talked about how the discount store had received five extra 40-inch televisions and was selling them at the invoice price of $319, down from $699, according to a police report.

The woman said she met “Bill” at the Wal-Mart on U.S. 1 and gave him $320 in cash. She and another man who also said he paid for a television stood outside the store waiting for “Bill,” who had gone inside to fill out paperwork, he told them.

After about an hour, the woman and the other man went inside the store to look for the television seller. A manager at the store then called police.

The suspect was described as a white male with a Southern accent, between 55 and 60 years of age, six-foot tall and between 230 and 250 lbs.

Video surveillance at the store showed he was wearing blue jeans and a blue-and-white short sleeved Oxford shirt with New Balance sneakers, carrying a pack of Newport cigarettes.

Wal-Mart officials told police there had been a similar incident in the Stuart store last year. The man, who also went by Bill, said he could get people merchandise at a discounted price, police said.

Anyone with information should contact Port St. Lucie police at (772 )871-5001.

Tags: discount, LCD television, scam, Wal-Mart

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