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"Police are warning residents to beware of a \"pigeon drop\" scam after a Port St. Lucie man was duped into giving two men $4,000 in cash for what he thought was charity money.Port St. Lucie police said Pradel Bonnet, 64, was shopping at Sam's Club last week when he was approached by two men who claimed they would give him $50,000 in charity money if he gave them $4,000 as \"good faith\" money.Police said Bonnet drove the men to a TD Bank branch, where he made a withdrawal and gave them 40 $100 bills. One of the men took the money, placed it inside a blue handkerchief, tied it in a knot and gave it to Bonnet.After Bonnet dropped the men off in front of a McDonald's restaurant and drove home, he opened the handkerchief and found cut up pieces of newspaper instead of money.Police said the men apparently gave Bonnet a different handkerchief than the one containing the cash.More From WPBF: Email alerts | Mobile | SocialView, Share Breaking News Photos On WPBF.com's u local:9146236"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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