Roadside Scam Alert.

[Grauntie Mag]

Yesterday as we entered a sliproad there was a car on the verge and a desperate looking man, obviously of foreign extraction, dancing about and trying to wave us down. OH stopped and the man came running up proffering a business card and telling a tale of how he had lost his credit cards and had run out of petrol. Then he started to take off his rings and said we should keep them and we would get our money back in two days. I didn't believe him for one second, after all, who wears a gold chain outside his collar and tie 🙄, and said no money and we drove off. OH surprised me by saying had I not been there he would have offered to drive him to a petrol station to buy him some fuel. I then checked 'roadside scams' on the iPad to find this is a fairly common one. I wonder what he would have said to OHs suggestion. 😆

[Plantaholic]

Heard about this scam we have to be very vigilant these days.

[Gemini]

Credit to your OH being a good man and wanting to help a fellow motorist in distress. Credit to you Grauntie for being wary and spotting a scam!
You read about all sorts, including baby seats with a doll in being left by the roadside, then your car being stolen when you get out to rescue the 'baby'!

It is best not to stop, but to phone the police asap if you think it may be genuine.

[Oma]

Good on you GM for knowing this was wrong , anyone else if genuine would ask you to call the police, or would have rang for help themselves he would in this day and age have a mobile with him .

[Mimi]

Its a sad fact of life now that I tend to disbelieve most things that are said to me when I come across things like this . I fear that one day I will ignore someone's genuine plea for help.

[Nanto2girls]

There are far too many scams these days. It certainly pays to keep your wits about you.

[Daisy]

GM - well done for being on the ball!

Mimi - just a few weeks ago I broke down in an isolated area, it was going dark and I had no phone signal! I asked another motorist if I could use his phone - and he let me. Perhaps being a grey-haired old lady has some advantages - and if I'd run off into the bushes with his very posh phone I'm sure he could have caught me up easily. But I was glad he didn't ignore my plea for help!