What kind of scam was he trying to pull?

[generic-username]

I was on my way from work and this very nice looking white SUV stops in front of me and the driver shakes my hand and tells me some sob story about how he is from Dubai and he lost his wallet and he is unable to feed his family. This man was dressed nice, the interior of his SUV was leather.

He then offers to give me the ring on his finger which he claims to be gold if I can give him some money. He never asked for a specific amount (perhaps if I had accepted his offer he would have told me how much he needed to feed his family)

I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what scam he was up to.

 

[KOD]

Was this south Florida?

 

[get these nets]

op

hahahhhhahahahahaahahahahahahhahaahha

he's a drug addict with no cash to cop drugs

 

[King Frost]

Next time, shout "Stranger, danger"

 

[Mike Nasty]

he lost his wallet and he is unable to feed his family.

Funny, when I lose my wallet I think how I need to cancel my cards and head to the DMV, my family starving as a result would never even register

 

[generic-username]

Was this south Florida?

NYC, Brooklyn

 

[Willie]

Same shyt happened to me last year I pulled the burner on the nikka



nikka skedaddled

 

[L&HH]

The ring is not made of gold. Even giving him $10 would have likely been a come up.

This is like those guys in the vans that try and sell speakers.

 

[generic-username]

op

hahahhhhahahahahaahahahahahahhahaahha

he's a drug addict with no cash to cop drugs

He didn't look or behave like drug addict. Clean clothes, he had a hair-cut and he was well shaven and driving what looked like a new SUV.

 

[get these nets]

He didn't look or behave like drug addict. Clean clothes, he had a hair-cut and he was well shaven and driving what looked like a new SUV.

He hasn't reached the bottom yet.......but what you described in OP is what a fiend would do.
Not all drug users look like drug users.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

He then offers to give me the ring on his finger which he claims to be gold if I can give him some money. He never asked for a specific amount (perhaps if I had accepted his offer he would have told me how much he needed to feed his family)

I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what scam he was up to.

it's not real gold.
wow, if you had to rack your brain on that, I don't how you are out here on the streets of Brooklyn. that's a basic scam too.
probably a fiend

 

[King Frost]

He didn't look or behave like drug addict.

what does a drug addict look like

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

He didn't look or behave like drug addict. Clean clothes, he had a hair-cut and he was well shaven and driving what looked like a new SUV.

Most people don't look or behave like drug addicts. There's functional addicts out here. That "made for tv" crack or cokehead look is not always applicable in real life.

 

[Cat piss martini]

its a scam.

 

[L&HH]

He didn't look or behave like drug addict. Clean clothes, he had a hair-cut and he was well shaven and driving what looked like a new SUV.

Its possible he wasn’t a drug addict and just a straight up con artist. Him dressing nice is part of the ruse. You’re more likely to believe someone who’s dressed nicely and clean cut than someone dressed like a bum.