Three people had money stolen outside popular Boston stores from a group of men claiming to be collecting donations, Boston police said Thursday, asking for help identifying the fraudsters.
In each of the incidents, two on Saturday and one on Wednesday, three men approached someone and pressured them into giving money by credit card over a tragedy in the family, according to police reports. While they indicated they were charging a small amount of money, $5 or $15, they ended up charging thousands.
The instances of fraud allegedly took place at a South End Whole Foods and a South Boston Walgreens Saturday, and the same Walgreens on Wednesday, according to police.
In the case of the Walgreens incident, reported as a robbery, the men wouldn’t accept her saying “no,” then grabbed her phone and replied to an authorization message from her credit card company to OK a $4,000 payment.
One of the men police are looking for was reported to have a tattoo that reads “Red” above his left eyebrow, officials said, asking for anyone with information to contact them.
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