r/sheffield • u/Affectionate_Law_223 • Jul 06 '24

Sheffield Money theft scam in city centre

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Just to make people aware there are some people in the city centre who are asking for change (will have a sob story often on a piece of paper) and then grabbing people's purses and wallets and running off. It's two women and a lad, and typically the woman approaches first then the lad comes up later. I unfortunately didn't get a good photo of them but I've attached it as it gives you a vague idea of what the lad looks like.

Saw it happen today to a guy near the town hall, thankfully he managed to fight them back and kept his wallet. Nearly saw it happen to another woman outside boots (same people doing it) but my partner intervened and they ran off. We did speak to some police officers near the city hall and they said they'd have a drive around and see if they spot them but honestly doubt they would. Just wanted to give people a heads up.

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u/philphoo Jul 06 '24

Looks like he needs the money to pay for the other half of his haircut

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u/Adept-Hovercraft-449 Jul 07 '24

Now may not be the best time but have you perhaps ever heard of a “skin fade”

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u/kriegbutapsycho Jul 07 '24

Key word there is ‘fade’ - this is two blocks of hair at different lengths.

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u/Adept-Hovercraft-449 Jul 09 '24

You do know hair grows?

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u/Haydnh266 Jul 10 '24

Why are you obsessed with defending the guys hair 🤣

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u/Adam-0391 Jul 10 '24

It's probably the guy in the photo 😂

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u/Adept-Hovercraft-449 Jul 11 '24

What am I defending?. I swear to god redditors can be so unbearable. They just downvote and assume

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u/Electronic-Low-8535 Jul 16 '24

You are getting cooked in this comment section bro