OS's scam thread inspired me to post my own "scam" thread... so has this happened to you???

[spanky]

this has happened to me at least 4 times. i'm walking down the block and some ghetto looking dude walks up go u and gives u this kinda story:

"excuse me sir, can i ask you for a favor? i'm from [insert name of place that is about 50 miles away] and my car broke down/got a flat [point in some direction indicating some distance that cannot be seen]. the gas station wants $85 to fix it, but i only have [some amount much less then designated amount to fix the car]. do you think you could help me out? please [pathetic begging]... i'm not trying to scam you. listen, this is what i can do. just give me your address and i will mail you back the money when i get home. blah blah blah blah...

u know... the first time i heard this i was on campus in school. at first i thought this dude was gonna mug me... i was a little nervous... i actually gave him a buck. then he asked me for $5. i'm thinking "fAck you d!ck!" :| and just took off. then over time... this scenerio happens again... and again... and again.

anyway... so yeah... last time this happened was about two weeks ago. it was like 8:30pm. i was going to a friends house to watch wrestlemania, but i was supposed to buy some food. i went to the ATM to get some money and this guy walks by and says "excuse sir, after u done, can i ask u for a favor". so i'm just like... damn... this sh!t again??? so i get my $20 and ask him what he wants. basically... he gives me some variation of the story above. he never directly asked for money... just kept hinting at how much this costs and that costs. he mentioned something like he just wanted to get home, but the train is $50. his bank does not offer an atm around her... the closest bank for him is like 10 miles away. i told him to take a cab to the bank (since there was a taxi station two blocks away) and he was like "but the cab is $25". so i just blurted "sorry, i can't help you" and jumped in my car and bizzounced!

i need something good to say to the next dude who ask me this crap. maybe something like... "oh my best friend is a cop, let me call him". this happen to anyone else? i'm just wondering if this is as notorious as the dudes selling in parking lots that "just came from a fragrance trade show" and need to sell their excess inventory. or those dudes who drive up to u in a van and ask to if u wanna buy professional speakers that their boss accidentally ordered too many of. then when u ask them how much, they ask u how much u got. :evil:


edit - holy fuggin' crap i have serious typing problems.

 

[Spoooon]

That happened in my hometown. The person doing the scam was arrested though, after scamming a bunch of people for around 300 dollars.


One night, a guy knocked on my door. He told me that he lived in the complex and worked at a local Albertson's. He showed me his driver's license, social security, and some other business to try and seem legitimate. He told me his wife was having a baby in Houston and needed to get there for the delivery, but it was late and the banks were closed, he had no credit card or ATM, and asked if I could loan him some money. I told him that I didn't have any, sorry, and he left.

A week later, I saw him at Albertson's working. A few days after that, I saw him checking the mail at my apartment complex. Oh well.

 

[jaeger66]

In Phoenix(bum central), it happens all the time. Usually they hang out in parking lots and accost you while you're trying to get into your car.

 

[DaWhim]

cop will give him a ride

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
cop will give him a ride

he claimed they didn't care. thats when i told him to take a cab. and he was like "back to monmouth? thats like $80". then i said... "no, to your bank in somerset". somerset was like 4 miles away. then he was like "but that's $25". too bad huh? might as well hike it jerkbag.

 

[Looney]

Yeah, about 8 months ago. I was just driving out of the parking lot after getting a haircut, and some guy walks up to my windshield and knocks on it. Curious, i rolled down the window, and asked him what he wanted. He started saying he's not a bum, and that he doesn't normally do this, and then started giving me a story about how he's from out of town with his daughter visiting his grandmother, and his daughter fell on the coffee table and cut herself. So he took her to the hospital. Well, she's there now, and his car was out of gas at the hospital. I figured he was going to ask for a lift to the hospital, but then he started asking if i could spare him some money so he could get some gas... he even said he'll repay me when he gets back to his car. Without thinking, because i thought he looked like a crackhead when i first saw him anyways, i said 'fvck you, you're a crackhead'. He spit at me, and i took the keys out of my car, and chased him down the street.

 

[cressida]

eh ... something similar happened to me. Some guy approached my friend I, after we had come back from the library. He basically said he was from las vegas and that he was visiting his dad and his car just broke down a block away. He said he needed some change to make a phone call or something, then he said here is my wallet if you want collateral. After that, he said if he could get like two dollars or something, and I was going to let him use my phone but my friend just jumped in and said "no, we just got back from the library and we really don't have any change or money, all of our change went ot making copies" and the guy just left.

I dunno, two dollars to make a phone call?

 

[VBboy]

THIS IS NOT A SCAM!

My username just broke down, and I need $500 in PayPal money to fix it.
Please send me what you can as soon as possible. Thank you in advance!

 

[OS]

I have two policies these days;

1) I don't give money to strangers hitting me up on the streets
2) I don't buy stuff from strangers on the streets

 

[HiTek21]

Me and a buddy went to help out another branch of our office and we encounted another co-worker from that location and she came up to us and asked if she could borrow some money for lunch because was tapped out. She gave us this sad pathetic look and started saying how times were rough for her and how she will get paid tomorrow. I told her that we wouldn't be here tomorrow so there would be no way for her to pay us back. She said "look if you give me your address I promise I'll mail you the money, I swear." My friend goes oh I don't have my wallet with me its in the car and I told her that I don't carry a wallet either just my atm/debit card with me.
All of a sudden her sad pathetic face lights up and she says "Let me borrow your ATM Card and charge my lunch on it and i'll mail you the money back"

Not exactly like what happened to you but similar and funny too

 

[Nohr]

Originally posted by: HiTek21
All of a sudden her sad pathetic face lights up and she says "Let me borrow your ATM Card and charge my lunch on it and i'll mail you the money back"

I don't know what she's smoking, but I want some.

 

[wnied]

Same thing happened to a bunch of us heading to Boston from Philadelphia on an AMTRAK train. We stopped in Central Station in NY, and after a few minutes some crack whore, gets onto our car and starts belting out a boohoo story about how she lives in Maine and needs 100 bucks to get back there cause she was mugged in NY. A couple of people coughed up some cash, but then the conductor came in and took the money away and gave her the boot.

Was a funny little show provided courtesy of our AMTRAK conductors right foot, and some crackwhores ass.

Scammin biatch got what she deserved.
~wnied~