Austin Scams Turn into Armed Robberies

Courtesy KEYE - CBS 42  Fri, 09/19/2008 - 2:05pm

Police say several suspects are trying to scam people into sending money to someone; and when that doesn't work, the victims are shown a gun or knife and then robbed.


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