NEW SCAM WARNING

by Leigh Lundin

This is a public service crime-prevention announcement brought to you by Criminal Brief. Please read and share with your husband, male friends and the men in your life. An informed consumer is a wise consumer.

Florida is dotted with thousands of landscaping companies who make a living cutting lawns in the nearly year-round growing season. A small group of these green entrepreneurs feature three or four long-legged bikini-clad girls who pull up with their trailer, mow the lawn and edge the walks, while the owner sits sipping juleps or tea and, uh, supervises.

Slogans on vans of the bikini set are usually along the lines of "Grab our grasses" or "The breast landscapes in town". This sounds cutesy, but these hot-looking hustlers are not to be trifled with.

In recent months, America’s neighborhoods have become victims of a clever scam. Simply having your lawn mowed can result in a harrowing experience. Do not be naïve thinking it could never happen to you.

How the Scam Works

Three curvaceous twenty-somethings pull up and unload their trailer, doing a lot of bending, twisting, and stretching. As they weed, hoe, rake, and bag grass, pneumatic flesh quivers and bounces, and beads of sweat trickle into hidden places. When they duck into the house to cool off, their skin prickles with cute little goose bumps and protrusions stiffen under bikini tops.

From time to time, one of the girls will pour a drink for the homeowner, bending low in the process. Most males find it necessary to keep an eye on business activities, this more than most others. Therein lies the key to the scam.

The average male has only two eyes, but at least three girls arrive at the scene. While a fastidious homeowner is watching two of the girls, the third slips into the house and relieves the homeowner of his wallet, keys, cell phone, PDA, iPod, and bling.

So homeowners, heads up! An informed consumer is a wise consumer. Be cautious!

My friend Thrush was robbed May 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th, 23^rd, and twice on Memorial Day. Also, June 4^th, 11^th, 18^th, 25^th, and three times over the Fourth of July holiday. And July 12^th, 19^th, 26^th, and probably this weekend.

Please, tell your friends to be careful!

NOTE: Thrush asked me to tell readers Macy’s has wallets on sale this week, $29.95.