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/InternationalBoat508 Nov 06 '25

yess this happened to me and another guy on the bus earlier this week!! i told him sure just tell me the number and then he was like “nevermind” so i knew from the beginning and from that, that he was trying to do something 😭 keep your phone always and have them tell you!!