FYI - Knew it was a scam...and these confirms it:
http://www.ireland.com/blogs/pricewa.../leather-scam/
http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/show...umber=12317593
Story is very similar to what happened to me today at the Home Depot on 16th Ave, across from North Hill mall (11:30am).
Italian man in a rental Ford SUV (H-14995) drove up asking for direction to airport. His english is poor, so gives you a note pad to draw a map, and parks in the meantime. After you give him direction, he tells you how kind you are and that he is a rep for some designer company. Has a bunch of suits/jackets (armani) that he wants to give to you. Proceeds to show you a bunch of items and gathers them in a bag and hands it to you.
Then he goes on to the second part of the story in that this is a rental car b/c he is only here for a week and needs to go home asap b/c of something (couldn't understand him)...then that is when he pulls out his passport and airline ticket saying he needs to change the date, blah, blah, and more blah blah which I couldn't really make out...and then "Western Union"...
Then it was ok..bye.
So, just a heads up....everything was reported to the non-emergency line.....be interesting to see how he makes out!