I've been approached several times with the story of "my little boy has had an accident. Can you lend me cab fare to get him to hospital." The first time it happened it was a new scam to me. I said to the guy, "where do you live?" He said "just round the corner". I said "Hold on a minute, I'll get my car keys and give you a lift to the hospital, it'll be quicker." He said, "OK, I'll just go and get my son." Surprise, surprise, he didn't come back. But I did see him an hour or so later, a couple of streets away trying the same scam.

Now if I get asked, I always offer a lift. No one's taken me up on my offer yet.


Cheers

Bugsy