Law enforcement authorities warn scams appear to increase during the busy holiday season.
Police in Springfield, Massachusetts put out public alert urging vigilance after someone posing as an express package delivery driver stole a pocketbook containing cash. Police said a man knocked on a door in the city’s East Forest Park neighborhood and told the woman who answered he needed to collect a delivery charge for a package. After being let into the house, the man asked to use the bathroom, and on the way out swiped the pocketbook that had been left out on the kitchen table. Police said it contained a large amount of cash.
