{"id":292873,"date":"2026-04-30T09:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/292873\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:02:12","slug":"fake-summer-camp-scam-targets-restaurant-in-oakland-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/292873\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake summer camp scam targets restaurant in Oakland County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/qhfcfci9yhonifoq.jpg\" alt=\"Woman accused of running special needs camp scam\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/video\/fmc-nuld3esylydrn4do\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woman accused of running special needs camp scam<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">Scam victims say she was really convinced, delivered her elevator pitch to donate like a well-oiled machine. She had all the buzzwords to tug at the heartstrings and the concern Wednesday night was whether there are more victims out there.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) &#8211; A woman is allegedly going around Metro Detroit pretending to run a summer camp for disabled children, hitting up restaurants for donations. However, it is all a scam according to victims.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WJBK\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">They say she was really convinced, delivered her elevator pitch to donate like a well-oiled machine. She had all the buzzwords to tug at the heartstrings and the concern Wednesday night was whether there are more victims out there.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The scammer is a woman who walked into Bravo\u2019s Coney in Pontiac, using a fake flier to sell a non-existent summer camp for disabled children.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/video-2026-04-29t224826.880.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;She had her whole spiel if you want to donate and support a kid,&#8221; said Bravo\u2019s Coney Island owner Besian Berisha.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Then, owner Berisha says she brought God into it. He\u2019s a man of faith and took a leap, donating $150. The scammer, who promised to come back the next day, was a no-show. So they called the number on the flier and it went to a business in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;He said he\u2019s been getting a lot of calls like this and said, \u2018I think unfortunately, you\u2019ve been scammed,\u2019&#8221; said Berisha.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Since they reported her, the Oakland County Sheriff\u2019s Office has been tracking the scammer and is ready to serve up a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WJBK\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Sheriff Michael Bouchard says some of the victims might not even know who they are yet, urging people to call the sheriff\u2019s office and report any interactions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">\u00a0It could lead to a higher charge for the woman.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/us\/mi\/metro-detroit\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Detroit<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Woman accused of running special needs camp scam Scam victims say she was really convinced, delivered her elevator&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2042,4553,249,100,143,145,144,1181],"class_list":["post-292873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-metro-detroit","tag-mi","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}