another reader sends from Connecticut Ave and Q St, NW
“Dear PoPville,
PSA: The person who presents as a trans woman and takes pride in (and makes social media fodder) scamming people out of money is back and currently up (as of last week) in Cleveland Park. She approached me in the service lane on her scooter and when I said, “Oh I’ve met you before–keep moving.” Read More
“Dear PoPville,
I am hoping for more information. I have now been approach, directly, three times by a young lady dressed in a pink coat (generally on a scooter) on 18th street, in Kalorama Park, and in the Parcourse under the Conn Ave bridge. I have not engaged in a conversation since this person is generally either smoking weed in the moment, or carrying a strong weed aroma. When I tried to ignore her while waiting for my takeout order (Los Cuates is killing it!), she refused to leave me alone and ended up verbally abusing me for several minutes before someone else caught her attention. I directly asked her to leave me alone and please stop harassing me on two of these occasions where I was not in a position to simply move along. I have seen this person doing the same to other people elsewhere in the area (on the Calvert Street bridge and down at Conn/Fla Ave intersection).
Has anyone discovered more here?”
Thanks to all who’ve passed on this scammer report from Reddit.
Some of these incidents have to be legitimate, no? These scammers are really going to make it difficult when a proper solicitation occurs… So how do you separate legitimate requests from scams?
Dear PoP,
Yesterday afternoon a woman knocked on my door. She did not identify herself or her address but pointed vaguely saying she lived 5 houses down. She said a relative of someone in the neighborhood was diagnosed with diabetes and she showed me a dog-eared high school photo of a teenager. She said she was collecting for a fund for him. I politely said I was not going to contribute.
I called 311 and told dispatch about it and asked that they drive down the street to let the woman know that her ruse made me think she was casing the area for future mayhem. I do not know if they did.
