LOS ANGELES : Officials Warn of Scam Using False C.O.D. Deliveries
Residents were warned Thursday about a man who poses as a Federal Express deliveryman and collects cash from customers for worthless C.O.D. packages.
William Renick, 51, has been convicted of grand theft, petty theft and burglary, and is now wanted for a parole violation, said George Fawrup of the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Investigation.
Renick apparently has been running his scam for five months, Fawrup said.
“Numerous complaints of these bogus deliveries have been received from small businesses in the Los Angeles area,” Fawrup said. “Federal Express does not deliver (cash on delivery) packages.”
The suspect also has operated in San Francisco, San Diego and South Lake Tahoe, Fawrup said.
Renick, also known as William McCalley and Bill Brook, is 6 feet tall and 170 pounds. Anyone contacted by Renick with a C.O.D. package should call police.
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