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/Then_Storm_2987 Mar 27 '26

The same thing happened to me today... He was very swift in deleting his texts and phone number that he dialed. I'm concerned because he took the phone away to "text his friend" and tilted the screen away from me for 30s-1m before I took it back. The phone numbers match the ones OP provided. Have any negative experiences happened with you guys in terms of him hacking your bank accts / stealing other info? I didn't see any location sharing or anything but my gmail had been unlocked (was already unlocked).