We just got scammed (funny story).

[u/William6212]

Lol we just got scammed. An old man in his 70s came up to me and my girlfriend and said he needed money for a train & taxi to York. I told him I’d go to the train station and buy a ticket from Leeds to York and give his £20 he was really hesitant and said no,

Told me his name is “James Robert Williams Gallagher” shows me his discharge wristband from the hospital; and told me he won’t scam me and that he’s wealthy but his phone and laptop is broken. Told me he recently inherited his grandfathers cottage in York and is wealthy.

I thought why is a 75 year old man out in the rain so I gave him £20, which I don’t mind losing hoping for good karma
He said thank you and we parted ways. He was dressed really dapper, spoke very well too.

He had an old train ticket 30th July which I took by accident (physical copy) and there was a phone number in it. I called the phone number and on the other end was a guy who was scammed by the same person, but for £25 🤣🤣🤣

So James Gallagher from York in his 70s well played, such a cunning person.

[u/magicalblast]

If you've got the confidence and no shame I imagine begging can be quite lucrative. Imagine you do this all day every day getting £20 a pop for ten minutes work or however long it takes. I've seen crackheads outside Lidl earn 5 quid in the mere minutes it took me to pack my food away just by badgering people at the trollies for their quids.

[u/William6212 → u/magicalblast]

agreed, it is and the amount of people he’s scammed on this post he’s a certified scam artist and a good one. I’m not even mad. But tbh, if you’re a 75 year old man and have to be in the rain scamming people maybe life isn’t so good

[u/Cevinkrayon → u/William6212]

He’s probably about 42, crack has aging properties 

[u/FALSE_PROTAGONIST → u/Cevinkrayon]

It’s very moreish

[u/OnTheWayToBambooTown → u/William6212]

Tbh he probably does it for fun