Hundreds of people in Hampton Roads have fallen victim to what federal prosecutors call the “parking lot scam,” including a Hampton man who was conned out of $5,000 while trying to help two strangers.
In July 2024, Stephen Herzog was working his side hustle in a parking lot on Mercury Boulevard in Hampton when two men approached him.
“I was just sitting in my car waiting for an Instacart order and these guys pulled up next to me and a black Atlas. They were like, ‘hey do you know where the Navy Federal is around here?’ I told him where there was one across over that way,” Herzog said…