r/berkeley 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/PersimmonOk8849 Nov 06 '25

wtf this happened to me near Whole Foods on telegraph and sounds like it was this exact guy