Florida Police Warn of
Just out of curiosity, I typed into my search engine:
POLICE WARN OF GYPSY SCAMS
I ended up with a very long list of various states' law enforcement warning people to be aware of gypsies.
Above hyperlink is from a consumer information site......re Florida police warning back in February 2013.
It's not racist. It just happens to be the gypsy way of life.....
As another poster stated, they usually misrepresent themselves as a roofer, tree trimmer, driveway paver or some such home improvement contractor. Stick with your local and well known guys.
I read myself, elsewhere, that when one rings the doorbell, others are hidden in the "work van".......the "head gypsy" lures the homeowner out to show them the tree damage, etc...or gets the homeowner out to the backyard while others then leave the van and enter the home through the open front door.
Believe me, it's been done up here..........maybe not by gypsies, but when we think back.......those tree trimmers do go door to door.
They do ask you to come outside so that they can show you a tree with damage........and many of us , unsuspectingly, as we had no reason to fear anything, would go out and look.............finally we realized these kind of tree "surgeons" were all schmoes........and stopped using them.
No respectable businessperson needs to go door to door ringing doorbells.
Live and learn. But do not be scammed by the gypsies.
It's their livelihood. They are very clever at what they do and how they do it.