Female members of some itinerant home repair fraud groups are known to have come to the doors of elderly North Carolina home owners claiming that one of them is about to have a child and otherwise needs assistance. They ask to come inside and use the telephone. While one is on the telephone pretending to call for help, the other one, who pretends to be in distress, asks to use the bathroom. Instead of using the bathroom, she steals money, creditMoney loaned or the ability of an individual or company to borrow money. cards, jewelry and other small valuables. Then a male member of the group shows up at the curb and drives them away.