Girl Scouts Warn of Cookie Sale Impostors

(AP)  Officials with the Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma are warning of impostors during the annual Girl Scouts cookie sale.

Deborah Gooding, director of marketing and communications for Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma, said her organization received a complaint about four people going door to door taking Girl Scout cookie orders and collecting money in advance.

Gooding said the report came from a man in Nichols Hills who said an older couple and two girls asked him to pay $12 up front and said his cookies would be delivered later.

Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma has had cookies available for purchase since the sale started in January. Girls are not taking orders for cookies as they already have the cookies ready to sell, Gooding said.

Nichols Hills police received no report of such a scam, and Gooding said she was not aware of any more instances. But she said she has gotten similar reports over the years including scam sales with no cookies, or possibly someone who bought cookies and was trying to resell them at a higher price.

Gooding offered the following suggestions to help people identify legitimate Girl Scout cookie sales:

Cookies cost $3.50 per box in western Oklahoma district, which includes Oklahoma City, and $4 per box in eastern Oklahoma.

If someone is taking orders, state that you will pay for the cookies if they come back with the cookies to deliver. Do not pay in advance.

The local council office and adults do not sell Girl Scout cookies door to door. Only Girl Scouts sell cookies.

Girl Scouts are hosting cookie booth sales all over the western half of the state. To make sure you get your Girl Scout Cookies from real Girl Scouts, you can find a cookie booth near you. Go to www.gswestok.org and click on the "I Want Cookies" button under the dancing Thin Mint. You can then click on the "cookie booth locator" link and do a search by ZIP code.

[imagirlscout]

In many areas of the country, Girl Scouts DO TAKE ORDERS, however, DO NOT TAKE MONEY before delivering Cookies. The Girl Scout Cookie Sales differ from Council to Council. Cookie prices and dates differ within Oklahoma. For Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma, official cookie information is found in our Cookie Press Room online. http://www.girlscoutseastok.org/mecgs/Cookie_Press_Room.asp?SnID=1020267978

We are glad to answer any questions the public may have about cookies! Feel free to contact Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma in any of the following ways:

[e-mail]
918-749-2551
800-707-9914

[dwilson59]

This is all George Bushes fault, with no bid contract funneling millions to the Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts should be banned because they are the GOP little Army. I bet you Backwater is running security for the "Army" Girl Scouts. The First Lady should put a stop to this, Girl Scouts are promoting obesity to kids this needs to be stopped we should only be able to buy "Government Cookies".

[formrusmcsgt]

Officials with the Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma are warning of impostors during the annual Girl Scouts cookie sale.
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As crappy as GSA's cookies taste, the imposter's would probably be preferable....

[rfp1959]

So you're saying that "girl" with the beard and smoking a cigar who sold me cookies was an imposter? Boy you can't trust anyone these days.

[formrusmcsgt]

Nice.

[run2jazz2]

Time for the Girl Scouts to lease a store front each year to sell.

[jgg000101]

those keebler elves can be sneaky

[Empire-George-]

those elves hate the competition....LOL.....snap, crackle and pop were also implicated.

[amerilatino]

ROFL-Some Bogarts from out of town in braids and ponytails are trying to muscle in on the Okie Girl Scout cookie racket, call Barnaby Jones!!!

[Berkeley-SkirtLifter]

""...said an older couple and two girls asked him to pay $12 up front ...""

Nice.

Parents teaching their kids how to scam people.

Very Nice!

Next, they'll teach their kids how to rob a Good Will. Or steal the collection boxes of Salvation Army bell ringers ... oh ... wait ... that's not so bad.

[I_am_me1953]

Ahhhh....

The great "Girl Scout Cookie Scam"

[texanforlogi]

There is going to be serious trouble over this. Thin Mint junkies without their fix--it is NOT a pretty picture, people!

Wooowee! If you think the patrons of McDonalds have been getting violent lately, just wait until the unsupplied Thin Mint folks get wound up!