A friend of the family related a story to us about what happened to him yesturday. Here is the account of what happened as my mom tells it:

He was in the Albertson’s parking lot when a young woman with a young child approached him asking for $10 to get her son’s medication. She said she was just $10 short of being able to fill the prescription. Our friend told her to come with him and he would pay for the entire cost. She, of course, hemmed and hawwed. He insisted that it was no problem, that he would be glad to cover the entire amount. She hurriedly moved on and he watched her hit on (and score!) $10 each from two other shoppers. So he went in the store and found the manager and they watched her prowl the parking lot a few more minutes before calling the police. When our friend came out from shopping, she was being handcuffed and the child was in a Social Services car. Sad for the child!!! But the mother deserved to be held accountable for using a minor in a scam operation.

So what would you have done? It actually bothers me quite a bit that she would involve a child in this.

Tags: bad, money, parent, scam
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