Police: Man selling discount TVs at Wal-Mart a scam
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 by Ana X. CeronPORT 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. (more…)

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