Edgewater police warn of 'violin scam'

Edgewater police are warning the community about the 'violin scam', where panhandlers are pretending to be violinists to attract donations.
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[@tomxconn]

Not getting MY money. They’re not needy, scamming is their life.

[@kristosvt]

Here in Georgia I see a lot of foreigners begging for money. So annoying.

[@rosaspanjol673]

Well , just ignore them,and most of all…do not ,I repeat,do not give them any money!

[@KenMasters.]

We understand they gotta provide for their families, but they could at least do anything else they're actually good at!

[@davejohn3600]

I doubt most are even impoverished.

[@KenMasters.]

@@davejohn3600 True, half of them look well-fed.

[@mrbinks7851]

They were at King Soopers N. Main St. US287 in Longmont a couple months ago. My mother was a violinist in the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra in the mid 80's. I knew the guy wasn't playing the song on the speaker in about ten seconds of watching him. Same guy that had the closeup.

[@Rambleon444]

My experience in music school. If they are not nerdy or Asian, they don't play the Violin.

[@thelostone6981]

Saw an entire family, with a young teen “playing” the violin, here in Utah last summer…so sad the parents aren’t teaching the kids to be productive members of society.

[@mr.joseph7806]

Wasn't Aurora PD supporting these scammers on another report?

[@thomaslouis5626]

Another Romanian violinist amazing!

[@scottchapman3555]

My wife and I were coming out of a store from shopping, we heard some of the most beautiful music, it was a Indian man playing Christmas music, I said to my wife, he must have came from a wealthy family and now hit hard times, my wife said, let's give him a little money, we gave him ten dollars, it didn't break us by it, and it made us feel good, now thinking about it, it makes me mad, being lied to!

[@Panzerfaust-ex9fm]

Call the police

[@Cozcacuauhtli]

Think of the children

[@agorpb5871]

"Look for the power plug on the speaker" Its rechargeable you dope. The supreme court already made it clear that panhandling is legal regardless of what unconstitutional city ordinance special people like him get put on the books.

[@jamessatterfield5705]

Need to run them out of town. Tell them about how California pays the homeless and let’s them sleep wherever they want.

[@anthonylucero6458]

I give about 1 thousand a week and I find it very soothing .

[@catherinemartinez5542]

@@anthonylucero6458 you're an enabler.

[@deborahflores8368]

People r whacked

[@Armando_asx]

0:20 that guy actually plays

[@scratchnoff7609]

It's not hurting anyone....you don't have to give them anything you don't like it keep walking

[@Ggonzales0406]

It's the principle.

[@scratchnoff7609]

@@Ggonzales0406 keep walking it's your money..

[@rabidgoon]

@@Ggonzales0406 There’s no principal involved. Someone is performing and if you find the performance appealing give them money. If you find out later that there was an aspect of the performance that you didn’t like, you only have yourself to blame if you feel bad about it giving that money. And it sure as shit is not the cops job to play music critic

[@catherinemartinez5542]

@@rabidgoon did you not understand the point of the video? I don't think you did.

[@rmsg7504]

It is taking advantage of people, he needs jail time

[@Panzerfaust-ex9fm]

Rumans. Rumans

[@Burgerkingsucks1]

who gives a shit. they're not hurting anybody. people are such drama queens

[@Patrick-kt5mc]

Well obviously you do since you are posting here.

[@JimJohnson-it8zy]

Lots of people like to shop in peace thank you. We will send them to your house and they can “play” violin in your front yard every day!!

[@Saidsatan]

Fake money

[@tomxconn]

Only money these frauds deserve is Monopoly money. Fake money=fake playing. Seems fair to me