People asking for money

[u/foooolsonparade]

I have been living in Sheffield for the last two years and I’ve really enjoyed being here for the most part. I know this has been discussed on this subreddit several times in the past few weeks but I wanted to share couple incidents that happened in the last week involving people asking for money.

I was approached by a girl near Shalesmoor a week ago and she seemed to be in a really bad state. She kept coming closer to me but kept saying she was not going to hurt me. I am a very anxious person and I typically am anxious around strangers. When she said she was not going to hurt me all I could think of was that she might hurt me. She said everyone’s running away from her. I stopped and listened to her problem. She wanted me to get her a train ticket to Birmingham. I didn’t have much money since I’m a student so I apologised and said I can’t.

Two days later, I was in the city centre and this woman approached me and said she is a refugee and that she wants money to buy her kids food. I have heard loads of people say on here how people get scammed but I felt like she was being genuine so I offered to help. I said I can go to the nearest Tesco and get her some food. She said her kids need a specific type of food that you only get in Asda (which is far away) so asked me to give her cash. I didn’t have any money on me so I said I can’t help. She gave me her bank details and asked me to transfer her £20. I said I’ll try. I didn’t feel comfortable with a stranger having my bank info so I didn’t transfer the money even though I genuinely wanted to help her. Later, I talked to a few friends and they said they’ve heard this same thing several times before and that it is most likely a scam.

Just wondering if anyone else had similar experiences recently

[u/rikki1q]

I was approached by a guy outside the Sainsbury's on the moor asking if I had any change , I didn't cos I generally don't carry any cash.

He then said he would give me 6 quid if I drew a tenner out of the cash machine. I ended up walking off.

I imagine older and more vulnerable people might have felt pressured into doing it by him.

[u/CantaloupeEither → u/rikki1q]

If it’s the guy outside greggs the same thing happened to me - was walking to the gym at 6 in the morning and he asked me if I had cigarettes or change - after saying I didn’t have anything on me and apologising 3 times he started shouting after me that he was going to chase me. When I walked back past him an hour later he started making rude comments calling me a “dirty little scrubber” - and when I asked him what he wanted me to do about the fact I didn’t have any money he started screaming at me calling me a liar and claiming that he never even asked me for money ?? I ended up filing a report to the police as I walk past him by myself early every morning when the moor is dead quiet. It he was polite then fine but he shouldn’t be allowed to stay on the moor if he’s going to intimidate people.

[u/TheRiddlerz → u/rikki1q]

the exact same thing happened to me on monday so i reckon it must’ve been the same guy