Kansas City, Kan., police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying suspects in a confidence scam.
According to police, the confidence scam was operating outside a retail store in western Wyandotte County.
In this scam, police said the female victim was approached by a suspect in the store’s parking lot under the ruse that he needed help for an associate of his that has a mistrust of nad had previous problems with banks. He said they were from Atlanta, Ga.
The victim agreed to take the suspect to a nearby business where they met a second suspect, who corroborated the first suspect’s story, police said.
The suspects promised to give the victim a larger sum of money in exchange for a lesser amount of her money if she would help them open a local bank account in the second suspect’s name, the police spokesman said.
The victim took the suspects to an area bank where they went inside to allegedly withdraw their money, police said. They showed the victim an envelope containing money when they returned.
The suspects then asked the victim to withdrawal money from her bank’s account to show that her bank account was valid and that she could be trusted with the suspect’s money, police said.
After the victim withdrew the money from her bank, they drove to the adjacent store’s parking lot where the suspects took the victim’s money from the car’s console and left on foot saying they would be right back, but never returned, according to police.
The first suspect is described as a man in his 40s, about 5-10, 200 pounds, and wearing a green shirt and pants that match.
The second suspect was described as a man in his 40s as well, about 5-6, 200 pounds, and was wearing dark clothing, police said.
The Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).