MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Would you give a stranger £3?
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If you buy them the ticket, they will just try to sell it to someone else.
And are there any train tickets that only cost £3 these days? Sounds like she is making it up to me.0 -
NO WAY!!
What is a woman doing with a wallet anyway?
It's a con artist and a transvestite!!!!0 -
If I had my car and a friend with me, I may offer her a lift home.Try saying "I have under-a-pound in my wallet" and listen to people react!0
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I would give the £3 if I had it on me. I'm not well off, but at least I have a roof over my head. I would rather be conned than walk past someone in need. If they are conning me, they'll have to answer for it one day anyway :A0
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It depends really, I've been scammed before now, and I am a bit more savvy these days. I work in an area where there are a lot of junkies and alcoholics, so I can spot them a mile off. At the end of the day it's only £3 so if I have it on me, I'd probably hand it over although I am reluctant to get my purse out to give people money as last time I did that, the so and so grabbed the purse off me and took everything out. :rolleyes:0
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Wow that's London weighting for you, near the station I use they only ask for 20p..!0
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This happened to me too and I did give the lady a couple of pounds. The next day I saw her do exactly the same scam on somebody else!0
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Yes without any hesitation or reservation, because I remember the day when I stood poor and penniless.
What Bob says, one day it could be you relying on help from others.
I have been scammed like this in Newcastle, bloke didn't recognise me the second time he asked. So next time I would offer to buy a ticket.0 -
Usually when you ask these people, they will say they cannot get in contact with any of their friends, that they have something important (and usually heart-string pulling, ie visiting sick mother, etc), and it's urgent. It's usually designed to put the person under pressure for a quick response, and it's relying on people being conditioned to be "nice".
I always ask them the questions, and when they reply as above, I say "how terrible, I can't in good concience leave you here alone, let's both go to the police booth / call police so I can ensure that you are helped". Not surprisingly, I have yet to meet one who actually wants this - it's a rather abrupt end to the conversation normally! :rotfl:
Of course, should they ever turn out to be legit, like some posters on here say they have been, then I'm sure they wouldn't mind the police asking them for ID / questions.0 -
Oh dear, this has happened to me and it wasn't just £3 it was £10. He gave us a phone number to phone the next day to get the money back! How naive am I?
The worst thing was that I had taken my daughter to London for the day for her birthday and so I had £10 less to spend on her, but I thought I was helping someone out.
I have learnt my lesson now though!OD [STRIKE] £2600 [/STRIKE] £0 :j Loan [STRIKE]£9500.00[/STRIKE] £0 :j Car [STRIKE]£3150[/STRIKE] £0 :j Moving Costs [STRIKE]£1300[/STRIKE] £0 :j Savings £1150 :j
Everytime I hear the 'dirty' word Exercise, I wash my mouth out with chocolate!0
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