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There's more to it than that. Apparently he posed as a police officer yesterday and told visitors there had been a murder in Tres Cocos---completely untrue but freaked many people out.

Thanks for the reminder. He told us about a Canadian female tourist found dead near Palapa. That's what got us to turn right around and look here for more info on that. That's when I found this thread.

I don't want to see the guy locked away forever, but I think he should give back everyones money, and not be allowed to knock on everyones door asking for money for false purposes.

Filed our report. Will look for upates as Scott posts them. Not fun being scammed when you think youre helping the local kids with a fundraiser.

I beg to differ in this situation. He showed up my friend's residence at 7AM. He then proceeded to ask us to let him in the house so he can talk to my friend. We told him that our friend was sleeping, and to come back later. He said he would wait and that he needed to discuss something important with our friend. When asked what it was, he stated that it was personal, and I said I wasn't buying that. To come up with a better answer. So I asked him his name and he told me "Orelio" and that he was with the North Ambergris Caye Neighborhood Watch. Because I know Scott, I chuckled inside knowing that NACNW would never send people door to door, especially SOUTH OF THE FREAKING BRIDGE.

I asked him to leave again. He said he would wait however long it took, then proceeded to ask me questions about when my friend was leaving and how long his trip would be for and if we were all going with him. I don't know where he got this information, but I didn't respond, I just asked him to leave.

As there are a lot of important and expensive things in the house, there was no way we were going to let him case the joint. Finally, my friend woke up, went to the door and had a few words with this man.

I'm sorry, but while to some of us, this may be a small issue, to me it's not. I don't have a family or kids or a lot of expensive things in my home, but the last thing I would want is for anyone to show up at my door, asking to come in, in order to jeopardize the safety of those things. While he may be harmless, his intent is not. All it takes is one conversation with the wrong person about how he went to someone's house that had a flat screen tv or a nice boat docked in the back, etc.

Don't get me wrong; I give out a few bucks here and there for people that ask; I'm still a sucker for those things. But when one starts assuming the identity of others in order to gain access to my home? Not having it.

My $0.02

We do have important issues to address and not allowing someone to scam tourists and residents I think is one of them. Most people will give generously to causes and tourists will always give thinking they are helping the community. We have to stop this mentality. It is just wrong on every level. Let's reward honesty. He stopped me this morning and called me by name. I had no idea who he was, and found it a little unnerving. I had read the message board and knew who he was after he told me he was an officer with SACNW( I knew he was not). A few minutes later a woman who recently moved here told me she had given him $20, and though it was going to help island kids. Wrong!

Thanks for putting the situation in perspective Natalie - the facts are always helpful. Agreed he's gone over the top if he's impersonating a policeman.

Sounds like a real mental case.

That guy has been running the "Soccer Scam" for years already. I fell for that first 'donation' about eight years ago but caught on quickly... looks like he's upped the ante a bit.

Me too, I fell for it, three years ago...and he delivered my power bill. There must be a charge for fraud, impersonating an official, etc.! Do you really think anybody will do something about this? I supposedly donated $20Bz for a Soccer Team that helped underprivileged youth. It was $20 for this jerk! He knew enough not to ask again, but I did see him delivering BEL bills after.

We went in and filed our report. The police have asked for anyone who has be taken by this guy, or even attempted, to come in and file a report. We won't be here for any trial that might come about, but they said two others already had come in and they will still be here to testify.

I remember this guy, when I lived at Royal Palm, he was reading the meters, had a letter from something supporting a youth soccer team. That was in 2001. Looks like hes having a good run !