ALBANY - Albany police are warning homeowners of a scam involving men claiming they're from the Water Department.

Police say two men went to a house on Marion Avenue last Tuesday, pretending to be water department workers.

The men were let in and began searching the house. Police say the men left when asked, and nothing was stolen.

Police say this is a similar incident in Clifton Park. A man pretending to be a municipal worker was let in the house.

The homeowners say some of their jewelry was stolen.

A fundraiser will be held to benefit the Saratoga Domestic Violence Services of Albany and the organization Face to Face.

“Girlfriends Share Secrets” will be held on Thursday, April 5 at the Williams Center located at 1072 Troy-Schenectady Road in Latham.

The event will be sponsored by Williams Center Plastic Surgery Specialists. Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Edwin Williams III works with the National Coalition of Domestic Violence and performs reconstructive surgery free of charge to battered women. “Girlfriends Share Secrets” will help raise money to support Domestic Violence services on a local and national level.

There will be wine tasting, a fashion show, cooking demonstrations, a silent auction and much more. The event will begin at 5 and go until 8 p.m. The suggested donation will be $25.

Reality Check youth and 300 youth and adults will come together at the Regal Cinemas Clifton Park Stadium 10 and RPX this Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. for “The Smoke-Free Movies Initiative International Week of Action.”

Youth from Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties will promote the initiative with a free family movie and they will educate the public on tobacco product placement in movies and what effect that has on today’s youth.

“The influence of tobacco-related movie images on youth smoking is a major, perhaps the major stimulus for adolescent smoking.  Most important, there is a ‘dose-response:’ the more smoking Hollywood shows kids on screen, the more likely they are to start smoking,” said Stanton Glantz PhD of the University of California in a statement.