People aggressively soliciting for fraudulent charities have charged just over $170,000 from people in Boston across 11 recent incidents, police said Thursday, warning the public about the scams.

In one case, Boston police said, someone had $50,000 charged from their account without authorization, in a scheme being reported across the country.

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The scammer or scammers typically approaches a woman in a parking lot asking for donations about a dead child or charity, then push the person to donate with their phone or credit card, sometimes using the payment method themselves.

Those tactics have recently been used by small groups trying to raise money for a football team near South Station, police said Thursday.

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