Recently, there is a post on Xiaohongshu that has attracted everyone's attention, a Chinese student in Toronto found the other party very strange after being "accosted". She now refers to the man as "weird **".
It is worth mentioning that after the post was published, many netizens in the comment area said that they had "met the same person", and some people had even lost their money and were in trouble.
Source: Xiaohongshu @ Alice from Mars
According to the description of the Xiaohongshu blogger, she met the boy for the first time at Union Station half a month ago: "He accosted me and said that he wanted to buy a ticket to Montreal, but he had no money in his bank card, and he couldn't contact his friends, so he wanted to borrow money from me." ”
I was in a hurry, I felt a little suspicious, but I didn't have much time to verify his authenticity, and I thought it would be nothing to give 20 dollars, but he said it was not enough, and the ticket was 100 dollars. Just when the blogger was hesitant to give money, the boy chose to leave on his own.
Source: Taken by 51 reporters.
Soon after, the blogger "bumped into" the boy again: "At a café near the University of Toronto, when I was paying the bill, he accosted me and said that I was good-looking and wanted to add WeChat to ask me for coffee, and I agreed. In a nutshell, every conversation between the boy and the blogger ended up with one word: "money".
The blogger emphasized: "He is really very strange, everyone is still cautious and vigilant, like looking for Chinese girls to attack, soft-hearted and easy to deceive." ”
After the post was posted, more and more netizens replied that they had met the same person.
A netizen replied: "I happened too!."He said he didn't have enough money to buy a ticket, and then I had to catch the train, but I still thought about buying it for him. ”
Source: Xiaohongshu @ Alice from Mars
Another netizen also said: "I also encountered it. I was playing ** at NYC TTC Station, so I didn't say much to him, and I left in a hurry, and I saw that he went to find another *** girl later, and those two girls looked very small. ”
Source: Xiaohongshu @ Alice from Mars
I went to TNT the day before yesterday to buy groceries, and then I was looking at snacks, he came over and pointed to a potato chip and asked me if I had eaten this, and asked me if I was a student, saying how old I was a student, and I also said that you come on Fortunately, I people had a terrorist attack, and I couldn't say a few words and left in embarrassment....”
Source: Xiaohongshu @ Alice from Mars
I met at the airport yesterday, and I also came up to ask me if I spoke Chinese, and he said that he wanted to call ** to his mother. I was in a hurry to send someone away, so I asked him to connect the wifi to his relatives, and I left. After sending people off, he was still following me, and I ran away. ”
Source: Xiaohongshu @ Alice from Mars
We were also deceived by this man at that time. Gave him 30 dollars, and he asked for 160 dollars. was rejected by the two of us, and he refused to pay back when he was called back to pay the money. ”
Source: Xiaohongshu @ Alice from Mars
I met this guy at the airport yesterday. ”
Source: Xiaohongshu @ Alice from Mars
The blogger also updated some cases later, and it was the man who had a dispute with a Chinese girl in Montreal, and the matter was more serious.
In recent years, in fact, many Canadian ** have reported a similar "borrowing money" routine.
This is a common scam where they get close to their target, claim that they can't pay for a taxi or pizza with cash, ask you to pay with a credit card, and they hand you the cash. ”
In vehicles disguised as taxis or delivery people, they use fake POS machines to steal bank card information. Since May this year, the gangs have swindled an estimated $200,000. ”
For Chinese students, you may be more familiar with these kinds of **, such as people wearing cycling clothes on the street, borrowing money from you to eat at the red street lights;Pretend to be a monk and borrow money from you to eat.
To put it simply, this is all ** to your own "personality" in order to win your sympathy.
It should be emphasized that there are no reports or police reports that can confirm the true identity of the boy mentioned above and the real purpose of his borrowing money.
However, I still hope that Canada's friends can be more vigilant. At the end of the year, there are all kinds of tricks, and you need to be more cautious. If you encounter strangers on the road, be sure to contact ** or the relevant emergency services as soon as possible.
I hope everyone can have a safe and peaceful New Year!