Strangers asking me to buy train ticket outside station/ticket counters

atenolol

I live in Burnham (berkshire) and travel regularly to London for work. I have recently come across people in Slough/Burham giving XYZ reasons and asking me to buy train ticket. They dont ask for money. Is this scam ? or are they genuine or just trying to get intot the station /train for doing naughty/illegal things ? 

born_again

Maybe not a scam, but certainly something to report to transport police or local station staff.

marcia_

 I wouldn't buy them. Some may be genuine, others will go straight in and try and get a refund. Either way its begging and needs reporting 

elsien

Most likely to be a scam.

Eldi_Dos

I was once in Girona train station when a thirty something scruffy type approached me for to help buy a ticket to Santiago de Compostela, when I declined his english was suddenly much improved and he used language that you would not expect from a Pilgrim.

OP, if you did buy a ticket with your card and they were caught doing anything illegal on the network, that could be traced back to you.

Neil49

atenolol said:

I live in Burnham (berkshire) and travel regularly to London for work. I have recently come across people in Slough/Burham giving XYZ reasons and asking me to buy train ticket. They dont ask for money. Is this scam ? or are they genuine or just trying to get intot the station /train for doing naughty/illegal things ? 

I don't understand. So you are saying that they are asking you to buy a ticket but they don't ask for money.

So what do they ask you for? 

prowla

Neil49 said:

atenolol said:

I live in Burnham (berkshire) and travel regularly to London for work. I have recently come across people in Slough/Burham giving XYZ reasons and asking me to buy train ticket. They dont ask for money. Is this scam ? or are they genuine or just trying to get intot the station /train for doing naughty/illegal things ? 

I don't understand. So you are saying that they are asking you to buy a ticket but they don't ask for money.

So what do they ask you for? 

As per other comments, they can then go and ask for a refund for the ticket.