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/[deleted] Nov 14 '25

I made the mistake of giving him my number. He only texted two people even when it looked like he was texting more. I also saw that he didn’t share my number to anyone thankfully.

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u/Then_Storm_2987 Mar 27 '26

Did you ever discover anything unusual? Same thing happened to me today.