That Lucky $20 Could Lead To Trouble in WA

Imagine talking to the store or the mall from the parking lot and notice a $20 on the ground.

"Hey! It must be my lucky day!"

You glance around to make sure it couldn't have come from someone else. It's unfortunately to lose cash as we all have, but it's all a circle of karma.

You lose some; you find some.

What's the new $20 scam

Well, there's a new scam that Fox 11 Los Angeles wants to warm you about that could be something that could happen to you.

It happened to this lady who didn't bend over to take the money.

In the video she mentions she ignored the money as it wasn't hers.

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When she got to the ATM to make a withdrawal, the scam artists approached her trying to give her the $20 claiming it was hers and she dropped it.

She knew it wasn't because, well, it wasn't.

How the $20 scam works

Then there, at the ATM, they were shoving the $20 into her pocketbook that was open as she was at the ATM, invading her space.

It was around that time when they left her along that her cash (what little of it) was still there.

It was her ATM that was now gone.

The ol' switcharoo - shoving the $20 in while slipping the ATM card out.

I'm not sure what could have happened if she would have taken the cash and went along with her day.

If I were in that situation, as I have in the past. if it's $20 or over I pick it up but bring it the nearest store to put in a lost and found. But as soon as I grabbed the cash, I may have been been approached, I'm not sure.

Either way, this may be a new scam to be cautious about.
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