tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post2916732355730246161..comments2024-03-29T08:18:11.731-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: East Village grifter alert: Beware the broken vodka-bottle scam!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-46343747397047649752015-06-08T19:32:10.699-04:002015-06-08T19:32:10.699-04:00There's also a bastard walking around, pretend...There's also a bastard walking around, pretending to collect donations for war vets. Maybe he is was a vet or maybe he isn't but he came into my work place and asked for $3 after showing her a photo of an injured marine vet that clearly wasn't him and a sob story. When told she couldn't give him money, he then tried to push her into giving him her own money and then harangued her when she said she'll donate online. How brave of him to harass kids making minimum wage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48093245339937844602014-10-08T03:10:58.473-04:002014-10-08T03:10:58.473-04:00Scam is alive and well on 1st ave between 7th and ...Scam is alive and well on 1st ave between 7th and St. Marks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-90199962225734455282014-03-15T17:01:58.426-04:002014-03-15T17:01:58.426-04:00A variation of this happened to me when I lived on...A variation of this happened to me when I lived on 1st Ave @ 11th st. A guy propped his radio on the door of my apartment building. When I came out of the building, it fell, broke, he demanded 10 bucks. Jeffhttps://www.facebook.com/modworldthemovienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-33253678523195405082014-01-22T07:00:22.839-05:002014-01-22T07:00:22.839-05:00This scam is 40 years old. This scam is 40 years old. Uncle Waltiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07611991976897184311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-70470162476462883092014-01-21T15:49:31.345-05:002014-01-21T15:49:31.345-05:00My boyfriend and I experienced this last fall, on ...My boyfriend and I experienced this last fall, on Ave A, just above Houston. The guy was surprisingly persistent, tried to make a case for us to meet him half-way in recovering the $34 cost of his vodka. We're not greenhorns, kept walking. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-82159589425237125682013-04-02T14:35:08.333-04:002013-04-02T14:35:08.333-04:00I bet if the target calmly suggested that he (or s...I bet if the target calmly suggested that he (or she) call the police and let them be the arbiter of the issue, the perpetrator(s) would be more than willing to let it slide. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-21931135242384934232013-03-29T17:13:10.969-04:002013-03-29T17:13:10.969-04:00Snitching as news.Snitching as news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-53704530907217472742013-03-29T15:34:41.624-04:002013-03-29T15:34:41.624-04:00I had the same guy try to do this scam to me with ...I had the same guy try to do this scam to me with glasses three different times on the same block. First time he argued with me, second time I just laughed and said nice try and the third time I spotted him coming across the sidewalk and made sure he couldnt bump me. These guys are unreal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14684896849426975862013-03-29T14:06:29.977-04:002013-03-29T14:06:29.977-04:00yes, i saw this incident this morning! I thought i...yes, i saw this incident this morning! I thought it was strange...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71106154477981627132013-03-29T12:44:59.262-04:002013-03-29T12:44:59.262-04:00This happened to me twice. The first time, I had j...This happened to me twice. The first time, I had just come back from spending two months in the Greek islands, and was still in vacation mode. It was on 9th Avenue in the 40s. I gave the guy about $6 and we both went off feeling groovy. Later on I learned it was a scam. The second time it happened, I just told the guy to * off, and kept walking.shmnychttp://quilas.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-54296218597594749312013-03-29T11:32:03.404-04:002013-03-29T11:32:03.404-04:00hey, this blog posting just broke my display. it ...hey, this blog posting just broke my display. it cost me 350 new, so how about it, half?<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-17435576100206621852013-03-29T11:05:21.762-04:002013-03-29T11:05:21.762-04:00This one has legs, happened to me on the platform ...This one has legs, happened to me on the platform of the 2/3 at W96 around 1992. The guy was persistent but not menacing, I had only just moved here and didn't fully grasp what was going on; gave him a couple of bucks and he went away happy. RJJNYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45214524873130101842013-03-29T11:00:47.685-04:002013-03-29T11:00:47.685-04:00Yeah, I think "ignore and keep walking" ...Yeah, I think "ignore and keep walking" is the most efficient response to this kind of nonsense. Only greenhorns fall for this sort of thing!Glenn Belveriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654151007886311315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-67721877920924167432013-03-29T10:22:12.929-04:002013-03-29T10:22:12.929-04:00This happened to me once only it was "you bro...This happened to me once only it was "you broke my glasses" instead of vodka, and it was in the S. Bronx, and there were 2 young guys who stood on either side, and wouldn't take no for answer. So it was somewhere between a scam and a mugging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com