I need to inform the yeshiva world of a serious matter. There is an Israeli man who is going around manhattan on the streets and subways telling people (mostly young neive girls) that he is in need of cash. He says that his bank card only works in Israel and he needs money for various reasons. He actually approached me on friday and I am now one of his victims. I am embarrased to disclose the amount of money I gave him from the atm that day. Once I started telling people what happened I came to learn that this has been happening for a while. I want to post this to you because I feel that this needs to be made known. People should be very cautious about who they are giving their money to in general and especially with this Israeli. Bottom line is you need to protect yourself first and foremost, when dealing with strangers your gaurd needs to be Up.
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Wow i was approached by an israeli man who followed me onto the queens bound E train (at 42nd pabt) and said he couldnt change his shekels into dollars and could i do him a favor and help him i told him no, and he said you would think someone with a Yarmulke and who puts on tefillin every day would help a fellow jew i was wary from the get go he got off one stop after he got on with me
Posted 1 year ago # -
Yup that's exactly what he said, that's what got me off the train in the first place I thought he just needed me the American to change the shkalim into dollars...once i was off the train he told me he needed me to take money out of MY bank account. At that point I felt like I was already doing this for him, and I couldn't stop.
Posted 1 year ago # -
i dont blame you for going along with it, he seemed innocent enough but for me it didnt pass the smell test
Posted 1 year ago # -
my friend was approached by this guy too....she offered to call chabad for him to find him a place to stay, but he had no interest.
Posted 1 year ago #
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