Yesterday, three children with seemingly northern accents approached me near Aldgate East (tube station) at around 15:00 claiming they needed money to purchase train tickets for their return home to Manchester.
They asked for hard cash and said they would transfer the money to me digitally so long as I withdrew cash from a machine for them. If you refuse, they will continue to harass you until enough distance has been put between yourself and them!
Today, I saw the children again, doing the same thing to a different person at Russell Square in Bloomsbury. I went to stop them and they swore at me. They are clearly quite young and play off of that factor heavily. They will also claim they are brothers.
Beware if you see them; ideally, I would have reported them to the police so that their schools/families can be notified but I did not manage to capture a picture of their faces.
Below is a picture of the fake bank application (the “I” in Ireland is not capitalised) they claim to have money in. I upscaled it with software because I only managed to take a blurry picture.
by hermoomin
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If you have had similar experiences with these children, please share!
I think I met the exact same scammers around Covent Garden, asking me for 300 pounds back to Manchester. One of them said his Google maps was malfunctioned since his phone is damaged, and he showed me a Samsung phone with a severely damaged screen and showed me his personal information. His name is John Lee.
Call the police when you see them in action… say you have concern that children are being exploited to commit fraud.
Whether or not they turn up at least it is on their radar. This is potentially a safeguarding issue.
” I would have reported them to the police so that their schools/families can be notified”
Sadly, I doubt anyone referenced in that sentence gives a fuck 😞
This is traveller children scamming kind hearted tourists.
Seems he also has a Linked In account and app on his phone. lol
‘Oi clean shirt!’
Jokes on them the app is probably malware.
“Excuse me do you have £300?”
Holy fuck.
Gypsy kids
About 15 years ago it used to be them in and out of pubs in the west end asking for sponsorship for various sports things. They have gone high tech!
There was a similar post on this sub a few weeks ago except i think the young ones were saying they needed to get to Wales? That person didn’t fall for it either but they did see the children speaking to an older lady in a way that made them think she was their mum and the brains of the operation, if i’m remembering it right.
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