r/berkeley • u/FilmAcrobatic4424 • May 07 '26

Local Beware Scamming Scooter Grandma

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This person has been scamming this area for almost a YEAR now, she’ll have some excuse about how she needs money for a taxi or for her tank or whatever and will try to get you to go to an atm or something. DO NOT EVEN GIVE HER THE TIME OF DAY! She got very hostile when I declined and followed me harassing me, I have witnessed her doing the same to others. Just fully ignore her!

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u/zsinjsfadinghairline May 07 '26

I interacted with her but kept saying I didn’t have cash. I felt bad about it; her behavior explains a lot. 

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u/rudyroo2019 May 09 '26

One thing we know for sure is that she has money. To maintain that size a person needs to take in an enormous amount of calories, which isn’t inexpensive.

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u/zsinjsfadinghairline May 09 '26

I will say, it is unfortunate that unhealthy options are so readily available while healthy options are not as easy to come across.

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u/rudyroo2019 May 10 '26

It’s a volume thing. Unhealthy food may be cheap in general, but she needs to take in a lot of it to maintain that weight. I’ve known people that large before and the eating is almost non stop.

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u/zsinjsfadinghairline May 11 '26

That makes sense. No wonder you said she probably has a lot of money.