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It's very rare that I would ever ask for a social security #. But, I will in a case like that...if I can't find you on the computer. Yes. The change of the names is an immediate red flag. That would have been it for me.
It does happen that criminal caught in the act will play it off and make up some crazy story like "I'm just a jogger." One of our guys pulled up to a known place where burlaries have been regularly occurring. When he pulls up, a guy dressed all in black is running away from the apartments. He stops him. The guy says that his apt was burglarized and he was chasing the criminal. He tells the officer what the "criminal" looked like, what he was wearing, and that he ran "that way." ...along w/ what apt it was and that his dad was home calling police.
The officer took off "that way" only to find....nothing. He went back looking for the guy. Nothing. He went to the apt to find "dad" waiting. Officer says I saw your son as he was chasing the bad guy, but he got away. "Dad" says, "I don't have a son."
OUCH.
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