Drivers suspect scam after cars towed

CHICAGO (CBS)– Several drivers paid to parkland during a performance Thursday nighttime and past recovered their cars were towed.

The drivers said they are disquieted they gave currency to scammers.

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Several radical walked retired of the Twenty One Pilots performance astatine the Aragon Ballroom and discovered their cars were gone.

The drivers told CBS 2 radical were retired taking wealth for the parking lot, adjacent Lawrence and Broadway avenues. One operator said the radical taking wealth were wearing yellowish vests.

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But signs intelligibly pass drivers their cars volition beryllium towed.

A video from a spectator shows tow vehicles coming into the batch 1 aft another, to instrumentality cars away.

Chicago constabulary said an serviceman met with the drivers and told them to telephone 3-1-1.

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The vehicles were taken to Lincoln Towing and drivers person to wage to get them out.

CBS 2 Chicago Staff