How some people in Berks County can be stupid

December 7, 2005 by Matt Heckman.

I just read this article on the Reading Eagle, and I got to ask myself how anybody can be this stupid. Here is the article, and you can be the judge.

A Greenwich Township couple lost $2,800 after they wired money to Canada in a scam that promised them $230,000, state police said Tuesday.

Paul and Irene Grim of the 700 block of Wessner Road sent the money to a company called the North American Bureau of Assets and received nothing, troopers said.

The couple called the Hamburg station on Monday afternoon.

Troopers did not provide a timetable for the crime.

Someone called the Grims and told them that they won the prize money, and that it would cost $2,800 to claim it, troopers said.

Sgt. Edward C. Hoke, the station commander, warned against such scams.

“We would caution anybody who is contacted with this type of solicitation to be wary,” he said.

Call local or state police to check the validity of the offer, Hoke said.

Now this could give some ideas to the wine and cheese crowd in Berks County. I can just see Tom McMahon, and the Berk County Commissioners calling residents with the same line, and they can use all of the money to buy Antietam Lake LOL Maybe even build another goggle works. I’m sure Al Walentis would be the first person called.

Just a thought.

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