Dear Neighbors, Please follow the thread below from a Cambridge Public School Parents List Serve about some imposter magazine salesmen making the rounds and associated safety concerns. Henry and i think either the same individuals or individuals using similar tactics to those below rang our bell last week and then ran off when he answered..... Keep cool and stay safe! xox, Liz (33 Cambridge Terrace) All: Thanks Marc and Christine for starting this thread. When I told my family, I found out that the same thing happened at my house - last Friday afternoon about 4:30 pm. There was one person at the door, fitting the description, and our son answered the door and said we had friends over, so the man left. Our son looked out the window to see where he was going, and noticed a second, shorter man, also African American . My husband came home a short time later and they approached him outside the house. He felt uncomfortable and did not engage with them, and remembered that they were very aggressive. Sadly, I just reinforced with our kids who are teenagers that they still have to be careful about opening the door. Patty Nolan CRLS & SC On Jun 24, 2013, at 7:29 AM, crogers63@comcast.net wrote: Thanks so much for posting this, Marc. I experienced something similar last Wednesday, June 19th, around 8:00 pm. A man fitting this description came to our door on Standish Street, in Huron Village, selling magazines. The whole situation seemed like a scam and I quickly shut our building's front/vestibule door and told him we were not interested. Saw him leave and run down our street toward Huron Avenue; not visiting other neighbors. I also saw him walking along Brattle Street around 5:30 pm on Thursday. I didn't report it then...was getting kids to bed, etc...but in retrospect, I should have. It left me feeling uncomfortable the rest of the night. Christine (Tobin mom) From: "Marc McGovern" <marcmcgovern@gmail.com> To: "Marc McGovern" <marcmcgovern@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 11:24:54 PM Subject: [cpsparents] important info Hello friends, On Saturday, June 23rd around 6:00 PM my grandmother,who lives on Pleasant Street in Riverside, heard a noise at her back door.Expecting my brother, she opened the door to find an African American man,approximately 6 feet tall with a thick build standing in between her screendoor and backdoor. The man then proceeded to tell my grandmother that he wasselling magazines as he walked toward her into the house, forcing her to movebackward and let him in. He then sat down at her kitchen table and told herthat he was selling magazines for charity and asked her for $80 in cash. Shesaid that she didn’t have any money but he kept insisting that she buymagazines and give him $80. She then called to my teenage son who was in theliving room. The man said, “Oh, your son is home? I will come back another time”and got up and left. The next day I spoke to my sister-in-law who lives next doorand she said that a man fitting the same description approached her outside herhome. She stated that he was very aggressive and made her feel veryuncomfortable. She told him that she couldn’t talk with him and asked for awebsite for his company. He stated that they don’t have a website and don’ttake credit cards, cash only. He was later spotted on Green Street. Clearly, this man is a con artist and appears to be veryforceful. He certainly made both my elderly grandmother and my sister-in-lawfeel threatened. We notified the police. I don't know if he is working with anyone else or if he is working other areas. Please be careful and report any suspicious activity to theCambridge Police by dialing 911. Marc McGovern