Crime & Safety
Scammers Offer To Fix Your Car Dents In Parking Lot: Police
Framingham police are warning the area of a new scam that has been cropping up in local parking lots.

FRAMINGHAM, MA—Scammers never stop coming up with new ways to scam. Framingham police are warning residents of a new one that has cropped up around town, and surrounding communities.
Have you heard of this one? Seems the in this one, the individual is approached in a parking lot or shopping area and the subject offers to do minor repair work on the vehicle. They say the'll remove dents and dings while you do your shopping. The scammer asks for money, and of course when the victim returns, the "repair person" has taken off with the cash.
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