Suspect woman knocking, asking for ?? - 11:15pm

[red14]

Had a woman knocking on our door late last night near the corner of Peckham Rye and the Gardens. She claimed she couldn't hear me obviously to get me to open the door and that she needed help because her meter had run out and she only had ?3 on her. All very odd, and I was not impressed or about to fall for it, told her I couldn't help her!

[JohnL]

The fact they all use the same line makes you wonder if it's a group scam

[uncleglen]

There was a woman in the car park in Croydon asking people for 20p for her bus fare to see her sick sister. She was there the following week asking the same thing from everyone who passed her. Say she gets 20p from most people- steady flow back and forth from the lift to the car park all day and they only come and go once a week probably, she could amass not much short of ?40 a day by my calculations...and before you ask, no, I did not contribute.

[Sue]

That's a hard way to earn ?40 a day :(

[uptheworkers!]

Sue Wrote:

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> That's a hard way to earn ?40 a day :(

Even Picturehouse pay better than that!

[Sue]

:))

[JohnL]

Sue Wrote:

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> That's a hard way to earn ?40 a day :(

The trick is to find out the generous/vulnerable people then ask more from then.

It's a sad world where it's better/safer to appear mean.

[sonla]

There is a lady who always does this around the neighborhood, sometimes asking for money for taxi for hospital , husband is at work etc etc

[SpringTime]

red14 Wrote:

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> Had a woman knocking on our door late last night

> near the corner of Peckham Rye and the Gardens.

> She claimed she couldn't hear me obviously to get

> me to open the door and that she needed help

> because her meter had run out and she only had ?3

> on her. All very odd, and I was not impressed or

> about to fall for it, told her I couldn't help

> her!

I might have seen this woman too. What did she look like?

[red14]

SpringTime I didn't get a look at her as I didn't open the door. She gave up easily once she knew I wasn't going to open the door.

[oliviaandmilo]

Very old scam, I remember twenty years having someone asking for money at my door, never seen the woman in my life. I've had many a hard time, pride alone,wouldn't enable you to knock on strangers door at crazy hours. Scammers only have the innerds for that!

[Jaws]

Just had a bloke banging on my window at 11.30 oakhurst grove - similar story. Scammers!

[Tanday]

A guy in the Lidl car park in Peckham was asking for 27p for petrol for his car.

[Phlox]

At Lidl and other supermarkets, they ask to return your trolley so they can take the pound coin.