Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Seaford Road scammer?
I finished work late last night and was just chilling out watching the snooker, suddenly I hear the doorbell ring. It was late, about 00.30 so I put the chain on, answered the door and a woman was there, looking quite upset and she told me she was a neighbour from "round the corner, three doors down". Hmmm ok, I don't reaaally know that many people round the corner but was pretty sure I would recognise her if she did live so close to me. Anyway to cut a long story short, she told me that she didn't have any money for a taxi that was going to take her to or from work (I can't remember which, it was quite a long winded story as to why she didn't have any money) and could I lend it to her. She was visibly upset and embarrassed to be asking me for it, and promised she would return it through the letter box after her shift in the morning. I handed over £19 and told her not to worry, I trusted her to return it...suffice to say it's now the afternoon and the money hasn't materialised, so I thought I would just warn everyone out there in case she tries it again with someone else. I like to think that I'm usually pretty cautious and a good judge of character but she completely caught me off guard by knocking so late at night and looking so upset that I just handed it over! Lesson learned. Also should I alert the local police?
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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"next time she may get someone very vulnerable (a senior citizen or someone who invites her in)"
Let me assure all you vulnerable young impressionables that both I and all my dodderingly vulnerable fellow "senior citizens" (I spit upon your ridiculous transatlanticism, incidentally) are among the toughest set of hard chaws you're likely to come across in a year of Sundays. We are not about to succumb to the latest version of any age-old sob-story scam. As for 101, there are obviously several fearful posters on this site who should be confined to Room 101 for their own protection.
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Permalink Reply by Geraldine on
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So true, OAE. The older you are, the harder it is to catch you out. This is on the 'been there, been done by that' basis.
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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The worst scam artists are the ones that try selling mixed culinary herbs or model railway grass for £15 a go. Flipping criminal.
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The problem is we are suckers for a good story.
I recently got approached by a a smart looking young man with a similar story. I gave him £20, he gave me his phone as surety. He did not come back as promised, so I looked on the phone for a home number and rang it. His father answered and told me he had a drug problem and they had given up on him. Doh !!
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