A Prayer for the Stealing

New scam:

[The men] followed a bank customer with money into the parking lot. One of them approached her and asked if she knew how to get to a Baptist church, where he wanted to make a donation. He also asked her to donate, but she said no.

Then the other man walked up and started asking questions about making donations to a church and they confused the woman, who was somehow convinced to let them into her car.

That's when one man pulled out what appeared to be a large amount of money. He asked the woman to prove she was trustworthy enough to donate his money for him.

At some point, the woman put her money with his on a "prayer cloth" and they blessed the money.

"They told the victim to deliver the money just like this, folded up in the prayer cloth," police said in a report. After the men left, she looked into the cloth and realized her money was gone and all that remained was his "money" — cut up newspaper.

"This is a horrible scam playing on victim's willingness to donate money to a church," Sanford police said...

Incorrect. This is a scam preying on the mentally deficient. A "prayer cloth"? In a bank parking lot? Come on, toots! You gotta be quicker than that.

Tip: If someone is persistently annoying you and a simple "go away" doesn't work, just start belting out any Broadway tune at the top of your lungs -- preferably out of key. It's like instant nuisance repellent. If you don't know any Broadway tunes (you boor), anything by Led Zeppelin will serve equally well. (Note that this also works online; just type out the lyrics IN ALL CAPS until they leave.)