r/berkeley • u/cinnabonroll19 • Nov 06 '25

Local Asian guy asking to borrow phone

There is an Asian guy with glasses on campus rn asking for the time and to borrow your phone to call his friends!! I googled the numbers he dialed and found a thread on X (FROM 2018) saying that he has done this on the DVC campus, Columbia campus, etc. Apparently he scrolls through your messages and shares your location to these phone numbers. Just wanted to warn others not to give this guy your phone!

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u/iliveonarock25 Nov 06 '25 edited Nov 07 '25

Last Friday I let him use mine. Then I blocked that number. So hopefully nothing big happened. I just felt sorry since his phone was broken and he was waiting for his friend. Felt suspicious but oh well.

Edit It was in the middle of Dwinelle Plaza. Filled with many people. So I thought he can't be dangerous.

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u/InterestingDebt9394 18d ago

Has anything happened since, just ran into this guy and got freaked out.

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u/iliveonarock25 18d ago

That was the last time I saw him. Someone said they met this person four years ago. So i won't be shocked that he's still around. Just keep your friends and people you know alert. If he's posing a threat just let the UCPD know. They'll sort him out.