Safety warning for grocery shoppers
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Scams circulating at grocery stores across the country, including Middle Tennessee where some claim they have been a victim.
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My husband was in his army uniform and a guy outside of a gas station asked for money. We were broke, he had maybe 5 bucks to get gas and get home that night. Well my husband gave his guy that 5 bucks. As he turns around to leave, this guys yells back "come on, man! you're white! you got more than that!".
Over the last few years, my husband has gone from being the guy who would give you the clothes off this back to being incredibly suspicious and jaded of people "in need" because of experiences like that. And generic obvious scams.
I just tell people go inside and ask the attendant for help and get the fuck away from me.
Many of us who were like your husband are now like him, too.
We've had it up to our eyeballs with the crap we have to hear about, see, and put up with.
You and your husband are, sadly, in good company.
Some one scammed me the same way and from now on I don't give money to anyone on my way.
Well the guy was being honest 🙂
I act like I don't speak English man you talk about the deer in the head lights look. Or I tell them I'll bet your a democrate you can usually tell and walk away.
I’ve noticed good people truly in need also don’t typically ask for help.. they’re often ashamed to ask.
Oh bull. When your starving you’ll ask for it.
I meant asking on the street or to people they know, like friends or family. I've had people I know still refuse to ask for help, only people offered to help them.
There are a lot of food pantries where I live where people can drive through. It's pretty anonymous. Anyone can use them without judgement@@katemiller7874
@@katemiller7874 No bull…my husband were living from $20 to next paycheck but would have been embarassed to ask someone for stuff.
Amen 🙏🏾… This is Satan at work as usual. GOD usually sends people to help, because he knows.
That’s not entirely true but I agree
Oh snap, you can’t even be genuine way nice to people. This clearly grown woman stated she was ‘17’ and needed money for pampers. When I offered to add them to my basket, she insisted that she needed the money to get them cheaper elsewhere. Now ma’am, this is Walmart, where on earth are they going to be cheaper?!?
In an outlet store or warehouse.
@@katielove9932 You haven't bought Pampers. Be quiet.
drug money, shes using you for drug money
Yeah, nowadays if you give someone "in need" money, you are pretty much funding their drug habit. So good Samaritans are usually hurting people not helping them by giving them money. It's sad, but unfortunately there are more scammers that there are people in need these days.
Some churches have charities where they give out diapers for free.
My son and I (I think he might have been about 12 years old at the time) came out of a BB&Beyond store and encountered a man, woman and baby in a stroller asking for money for food. We went across the way to a Chipotle and bought a gift card there and gave it to them. They didn't seem that thrilled. Lesson learned that time.
I heard that they can take your baby away - if you are begging with the baby.
They don't want a thing but money.
I gave a bag of food to a beggar, he probably e=wasn't homeless. His sign said "Anything helps". But he said "Oh, food" when he opened the bag, it clearly wasn't what he wanted.
Chipotle is gross. I wouldn’t eat it
Chipotle is gross. I wouldn’t eat it
A few years ago, I walked out of a dollar store, and a male asked me for money to buy food for his kids. I didn't have any cash and I had spent the last $20 on my card. Times were tough and I was struggling financially but I knew what it felt like to be hungry. I felt bad and wanted to help. I offered him the food I had just purchased (bread, mayo, turkey lunch meat, cheese, potato chips, cookies, water). He got mad, cursed me out and walked away because he wanted money. I ended up feeling so upset at his response because I was just trying to help. It took me a while to realize that he likely wanted the money for something else...maybe drugs, who knows. The entire situation was a bad experience. Nowadays, If I donate, I always go through a reputable organization.
Last time I gave someone a couple bucks they started yelling at me because it wasn't enough for him to buy a six-pack.
Yeah, that's definitely a druggie crazy head.. 😅
There's no need to give your own cash, and SHOULD NEVER give out cash either! You can give food and clothes, or if you don't have any, just get a directory/lists of local charity places (City food pantries, Church's food pantries & kitchen soup..) in your pocket, and maybe offer them a ride to get there if you can..
@@Western_ENT dont offer rides to strangers. Just sayin'.
When I go to the grocery store, I wear my oldest clothes with holes in them so people will leave me alone. I have even been mistaken as a homeless person, which is fine with me. I don't dress to impress.
Looking a bit ratty, whether clothing, car, or home, is a certain amount of protection. Thieves don't want to steal from people who have nothing of value, it's a waste of their time and taking chances for nothing.
When someone comes begging to me, they'd better be ready for the air to turn blue...I don't put up with it. When I've been needy in the past, no one ever gave me a helping hand, and I can't stand lazy people. I'm also very much aware that most of them make more money begging than my wife and I make together from our retirement. If you ever want to know if they're legit, pull out your phone and act like you're going to take a picture. They'll run like scared rabbits. Evidence they're just bums, and not needy.
Someone stole the catilic conveter from my car making it very loud. Everytime I come up to a corner with people begging for money, they just look away when I get to them, they know I'm broke too, lol!
@@TheEudaemonicPlagueI’m sorry that no one has ever given you a helping hand though. Everyone deserves to experience kindness and generosity sometimes when they are sincerely down.
Cold day in hell I'd ever do that. We don't have them because they are ignored. They move to the next town of suckers. It's become a career nationwide and better than working.
I keep my Vredit Score Bad, so no one steals my identity
"We advise shoppers to be aware." Wow, that's an in depth tip.
this whole report was a nothing burger.
I carry pepper spray. As I walk through any parking lot and exit the bank the spray is in my hand. I do not carry my purse anymore. I go into the store with my keys, my card and my spray. I would advise all ladies to do this. Stay safe.
Waste of time watching it.
Thank you finally normal people who see through this news level click bait clout chase shett
@@naomiverdugo2180 I use cash. My purse has so much change in it, I can just beat 'em with that. LOL
Sad how everything has turned into a grift nowadays, while people who could really use the help don’t receive it.
Diversity enjoy
we had a grifter in chief so yeah, it’s become widespread.
Trump gave grifters permission to be just like him
@@whyamiheredlbTell us what he was grifting
@@whyamiheredlbwhy are you such an id***. What does your comment have to do with this video? You're odd.
My daughter fell for this. Some ppl just have big hearts. Shame on the scammers.
Don’t buy gift cards anymore. Too easy for criminals to empty it.
Yeah I just get them electronically sent to my email and then I can electronically send them to the recipient. Putting anything in the mail these days is a huge gamble, so even if they receive it, like you said, the funds may already be drained by scammers.
I give cash instead of gift cards anymore.
Yup, I’m done with gift cards and sending anything of value through mail. Those days are over.
I guess I’m just naïve but how can they get your gift card? Besides going through mail and opening up greeting cards or whatever. Is there another way? Just want to protect myself, if I can.
The sad thing is that these scams will make ppl who want to genuinely help ppl in need, hesitate. And the poor ppl will suffer.
Before Christmas, a woman helped disabled me load my few groceries in my car, "she had stepped up from nowhere" when Walmart staff refused to lift for me. So I drive a 12yr old car. She started gushing what a beeyoutiful car I have. I told her, it's very old and held together by rust. She lifted my groceries. She had her few groceries in her cart, all pet food. It all felt odd. Then she burst into tears. And asked for a hug because her mother died a week ago. I mentally checked my pockets, nothing to steal. Car keys in my hand. So I gave her a hug. Thanked her for her help, and encouraged her for the holidays. But yes these on-going scams left me aware, good, BUT what if she truly was just lonely? It feels awful to not trust enough to say let's go over there and have coffee to brighten your day. But u dare not.
I opened my car door and before I could even get out of my car it was some crackhead asking me for money at Walmart 🙄I think they need to also have security for safety and not just for monitoring theft.
@@Kosher_Slider if that’s the case, then why do I see so many lawyer commercials offering to help people sue a business when they’re injured or assaulted on their property.
People barely have grocery money for themselves. They better find a new scam.
Don't try to encourage increasing crime.
Get a job.
No, how about being responsible for themselves and gain self-respect! I see people on the street begging and it sickens me. If they can get to the street corner then they can get a ride to a job. There are too many looking for hire signs everywhere and they can just hop on over to one of them and apply. I'm feeling that a good many are illegals, and I refuse to give them anything. They need to return home and take their forceful, demanding attitude and change their country for the better. We are not being compassionate by enabling them to steal from us and change our country into theirs. If they don't come here legally, they don't belong here!
@@PecanRanch Ba ha ha!!! Good one!! There's a concept. In the 1st place if people are hungry in America it's their own fault. I can't believe the food giveaways and soup kitchens everywhere.
I was in Goodwill a while ago and a young girl in her early 20s came up to me and asked if I would pay for a backpack and shoes for her. I gave her $15 and watched her pick out a backpack and some shoes. Her belongings were just outside and I watched her pile it into the backpack. Sometimes, just sometimes, people are on the up and up.
Yeah she went somewhere to sell it all.
@@KB-ke3fi or maybe because she already had shoes on, that was her way of carrying her things
@@KB-ke3fi WHO'S🤨 GOING TO BUY USED CLOTHES AND SHOES FROM SOMEONE OFF THE STREET, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WOULD🤔 SO CARRY ON⁉️‼️
@@porshataylor-ee5riEXACTLY 🥴 ‼️
@@KB-ke3fi yup
I have NEVER been asked by someone. But several times when someone in front of me had to take items off because they could not get everything or their card was snubbed I would tell the person at the till to just run the items through again and I would use my debit card to pay for it. Its a REAL good feeling.
Thank you for being so loving
The Actual Scam is that Most SCAMS are related to pushing the Digital Cash and Digital I.D. Tracking Agenda.
Your explanation was a different event. It was an innocent occurrence. You will be blessed for your help.
Same I've done it all my life cuz my mom did it and I saw my grandpa do it. Small towns we know each other anyways 🤷♀️
Yes it is, I've been on both sides of that scenario. When you give it comes back, l think that's some kind of unwritten rule
I was approached twice before this kind of scams were common, but both times I said "no" because I felt they were just a little too aggressive. Now, I don't feel so bad. But one night, as I was exiting the store, there was this little girl about 9 or 10 years old standing at the entrance asking me to buy something from her for a charity, like a fundraiser, and she was legitimate. I think she had permission from the store to do what she was doing.
But I was in a hurry to get home and I did not want to turn to her to say "no." So, I just walked past her without saying anything. But as soon as I was about 8 feet away from her. She called me a racial slur, "ch!nk." And she was very lucky I was not in a bad mood, otherwise I would have gone back into that store to have a little chat with the manager to let them know what kind of little girl they gave permission to ask for donations at the front of their store. 😀
Nice you live in a conservative state full of the poors 😂
That's funny. Not that you were insulted, but a little innocent charity seeking juvenile went all hoodlum on you. lol. I can imagine you picking her up by the shirt collar and dragging her into the store for a confrontation with management. Wish you had. lol
@@0IIIIIIat least we don't pee n poop in the streets like Portland. It smells like a Democrat toilot, and then there's San Francisco, wow! Drugged up Democrat cities with poop in the streets, yeah you're doing great. Look at St Louis, Democrats murder capital of US and embarrassment ha ha.
@@0IIIIII If that's all you can see from my comment, then you'd make the perfect eyewitness for your opposition in court, someday . . . when you grow up.
@@cuongtkong58 im 28 liberal vegan man who makes six figures and rents to poor people.
Good faith is one thing, but once burned, you tend to not fall for things again, but it’s sad those hurt are the ones that truly may need food, and you for falling for a scam.
True, they scam one person and then people truly in need won't be offered help.
That is true. That is why so many people are reluctant to help anyone because they know that scammers are amongst us. The people that really get hurt are the ones that really need help and nobody will believe them assuming they are scammers also. It's really sad.
Plenty of resources out there for those truly in need… churches, soup kitchens, government aid… I give my hard earned cash to no beggar, minus the taxman
There are legitimate ways to get help. One of them is not begging for help in a store.
If they can beg for help in the store they can get a job at the store. It’s not like grocery stores aren’t always hiring!
Just awful and disgusting at the same time. I had a similar incident approach me in my grocery store I visit on a regular basis. I was shopping and a scammer approached me to ask if I could spare 60 bucks that they needed for car repairs to get back home in which they stated that home was a 50-mile radius I guess to see If I would take the bait, I politely told them that I was sorry this happened that I cannot afford to give them 60 bucks and they continue to follow me around the store I felt un comfortable and as I went up to the service desk to report them to the store manager, they saw what I was doing and immediately left the store. Stay vigilant and stay safe out there people scammers everywhere!
Usually if someone ask run.
Many times i didnt have money for products, but i have never asked anyone for money, if i cant afford it thats my problem
Exactly! Those that are really in need are not scamming people at grocery stores. They are going to food banks and homeless shelters. That's why I don't know how people can fall for these scams so easily unless they were born yesterday. SMH
Fr. Churches came in handy very blessed for their help.
Ive gone hungry. Still do.
That's because you are a decent person, not a loser who scams and cheats.
I have helped people out with paying for _some_ groceries, but it's been 100% voluntary. And not often.
Years ago I agreed to get a woman a bottle of water and a snack cake. Next thing I knew she was loading up the belt! Nope!
Now, if anyone asks me, I politely say I can't. We're not hurting as much as some, but we're just getting by - for now.
Can you imagine what crime will look like as we head towards a Great Depression
At least during the Depression, people still had morals. Now it would be a free for all.
This might sound crazy to some, but if you buy someone something and they exchange those items for cash what's the difference from the cash that you already spent on them?! You can always say NO! You did your good deed by blessing someone else. Now what that person chooses to do with that blessing is up to them and God. God will take care of them if they have evil intentions, but you will remain blessed because your intentions were pure. A blessed person can never lose, their cups will always overflow.
That’s a kind sentiment but the idea is that these people are not innocent they are depraved. They need to be helped, but given them money is not only them scamming you it’s also enabling their degeneracy
So you see this as a blessing that they might get cash then to buy drugs????
Everyone is so desperate to be a victim these days, it seems. If you are lead to help, if you have the excess abundance to help, then help! If you're not lead to help or don't care about your fellow man or your funds are tight, then don't help! It's that simple.
I agree.
Amen, so true ♥ 🙏
Use your best judgement. Just say no!
You got that right
When I was at Meijer someone tried that to me a little bit before Thanksgiving. She had a full cart of food and had her two kids with her. She asked if I could pay for her cart of food so her kids can eat. Now, I’m not one to usually judge or assume. But this lady had nice clothes one, her kids also with nice clothes. She’s at Meijer (which yea isn’t super pricey but usually a little more than Walmart) And sometime just click, like why fill a cart with groceries if you’re not going to get them and put your kids through that ordeal?? I told her unfortunately I don’t have money and was using my mom’s food stamps to get her and I dinner for the night (which was true) so I couldn’t afford to pay for her groceries. She just moved on to the next person.
Like sorry, you can fool me with this scam. I can’t even afford food for my myself, let alone a stranger with these prices 😭
1. "I'm not one to judge or assume" No, you are doing some serious judging at assuming. Your whole paragraph is evidence of your experience being a person who judges and assumes!
2. No, Meijer is a lot cheaper than Walmart.
Maybe if this country actually punished criminals instead of coddling them and treating them like misunderstood children who weren't hugged enough this crap would stop.
I thought this was going to be about gift cards, hopefully you all are aware of those scams… Just give your friends or family the cash!
If I feel that someone is following me around the store, I’m dialing 911 as I go to customer service!!! 🤷🏽♀️
I wait until a sale and grab those nice yummy, soft breakfast bars. I keep them and water bottles in my car.
I offer them a few bars and something to drink. I also get, at the Dollar Store, flavored pouches to put into the water.
If a person really looks like they need it, I have no problem sharing. And more often than not, they're very happy to get this.
That’s why we need discernment. If The Lord/ Holy Spirit leads me to bless someone, I do.
I’ve gotten to the point where I hand out information rather than trying to help! If they want help there are services available.
And if not services, a few other options usually as well, from jobs - even odd jobs - to prayerfully asking for help at local churches and being willing to have accountability for any aid you receive. If all else, mankind, fails - pray and surrender to God, fall on your knees in repentance, faith, surrender and wait on Him. Maybe after a lot more discomfort than you'd like, maybe more at the last minute that you'd prefer - it's always our preference to see and touch and NOW, not have to trust - but as the orphanage dude George Mueller testified, God always provided, even if it was right as the table full of kids were sitting down to empty dishes the morning after their food ran out.
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@@ajb.822 you're tripped! 🤣 telling a hungry person to go get a job, REALLY?!?! Stupid hypocrite! 🤣 If you can't afford a damn meal for him/her, just say NOPE and MOVE ON! 🤣 No need for the hypocrisy!
Without going into too much detail, I fell for a scam involving gift cards last year and lost A LOT of money. It was genuinely one of the most traumatizing things I've ever experienced. I learned a valuable lesson that day, and I always use that day to try and educate others about scams like that. I got the situation resolved, thankfully, but it was a tough day.
There use to be laws in place where you could not return food items. Even swimsuits and undergarments could not be returned. It should be a health and safety issue.
Once a food item leaves the doors of the store, IT CANNOT BE RE-SOLD.
@@grittykitty50 But it can be returned.
The store then just throws it away and writes it up as a loss.
Anyone who works at a convience store knows this scam. "I'm hungry, but me some food? ". You buy it, leave, they return it, buy beer. Buddy of mine said if you do decide to buy someone food, make sure you tear it open, so they cannot return it. If the person gets mad, they were not that hungry in the first place, because they were gonna open it immediately to eat it being, y'know, HUNGRY
It can still be returned after opening.
@@debbiejohnson7758 no, it is a health code violation.
If a person returns groceries for a refund, does the store resell it? If they do that's very troubling to me.
I don't think so I think it's trashed. Like nail polish and make up items they are trashed.
If it's a food item then sometimes it can't be return or refund. If the seal on those item is open then it can't ever be return or refund.
As someone who works in a grocery store, no. If it leaves the store it gets thrown out because we don't know what the customer might have done with it.
The Actual Scam is that Most SCAMS are related to pushing the Digital Cash and Digital I.D. Tracking Agenda.
No. Usually, if food is returned it's because of a problem with the product or the packaging. That makes it a food safety issue. The food is trashed, even if there's nothing wrong with it, adding to more food waste.
I had this happen to me at Lowe’s across from Walmart. The thing the lady didn’t realize is she had been telling the same story for two years as if it had happened just yesterday. I politely told her no and she disappeared. I’m 6’ tall and 250lbs.
I was in Walmart before Thanksgiving. An “Indian “ woman approached me with children’s clothing, and asked if “ I could buy her son some warm clothes for the winter”
I said “nope!”
She moved on to the next person.
THIS is definitely the new scam!!!!
Saw this in Walmart!😱😱
Saw the same in Walmart in Florida, she had cardboard sign needing money to feed two kids. One small boy had a dolphins hat on. Three days later, I saw the same boy with dolphin hat on with the woman getting in a new Audi four door. Stay away people!!
@@glennkovacs1328 in Alabama it’s illegal now. The cops will ask you to leave the corner, or be arrested.
That litteraly happened to me! I couldn't tell her ethicnicy but its so close to my experience except she showed me a picture of a baby, so she was def working for the heartstrings but i just ran off my social anxiety can not talk to strangers esp in regars to money when im already poor .
@@Macsrus5good. There is always honest work even if one doesnt like what they do.
I had this happen and I fell for it because she was a desperate mother that was out of diapers, baby wipes and cream for her baby. LUCKY FOR ME I paid with my card at target and the money went back to ME. Never again will I fall for that. I felt sooo taken advantage of. I realize it was 40 bucks. STILL she was probably trying to get the money to use drugs instead of taking care of that baby.
Did you see the "baby"?
Praise God you got your money back! You have a kind heart that was taken advantage of and God protected you.
That's a good question but even if a child were with her - she still scammed the lady.@@58Brando
She probably did not even have a baby and if she had one, it was probably borrowed to get your sympathy. I'm glad you got your money back.
Imagine knowing later in life that your mother or someone else used you as a baby to scam people.
Stores reimburse the form of payment - so be a good person with a debit card or credit card so the store reimburses you..
This is not always the case. Especially if the return is a small amount or you exchange for a gift card.
I’ll just speak a one of several foreign languages to a scammer and they usually give up on the spot.
Too big of a coward to say no in English?
@@0IIIIII ..No means yes in lots of countries. Try saying no to scammers in Egypt...lol
@@DarkstarDarth well played my friend
Crazy World we live in. “Just Say No”.
And then be aware of your surrounds have the security guard walk you to your car and watch out for anyone following you. Drive in circles don’t drive straight home, maybe stop by or drive by a police department until they stop following you then go home. Don’t shop in sketchy places. Thanks Biden and democrats!
@@Whatnok I think most of those scammers will just go to someone else if you turn them down. There is a sucker around every corner than will fall for it and they know that, which is why they make scamming a full time career.
@@Whatnok Yes, there wasn't crime prior to this administration. It might blow your Fox New mind, but crime is actually down. You will never believe it because all that fear mongering propaganda you consume wants you to be afraid of everything
@@Whatnokcan you explain why Biden is the reason that your area has crime? Usually it’s poor states that are ahem Republican that are the most crime filled
@@0IIIIII Do you seriously want me to fetch statistics that blatantly state just how wrong you are? By far the most crime ridden places in America are densely populated cities which are (guess what comes next) nearly all democrat run cities in democratic states.
Yes, once or twice I have paid for someone's groceries or a few items that they had to put back because they didn't have enough money. But i never would pay for someone's groceries if they asked me to. Nope.
I wouldn’t even acknowledge someone asking me to pay for their groceries. JUST DON’T ENGAGE WITH STRANGERS FFS
I wont ev3n uber or air bnb, not worth it.
Exactly! Get in, don't make eye contact don't engage get the heck out.
If you PRESSURE me into giving you something, you won’t get anything. Huge red flag.
To the lady who was approached by a girl requesting to pay her groceries: IMMEDIATELY CONTACT the store managers, store employees and point her out. Actually security should get involved.
By you leaving, that just opened the door for another shopper to be victimized by this criminal.
@katheleensmith - victim blaming. Dumb comment
Just trust your instincts. There are ways to identify those who are scammers and those who really do need help. Practice situational awareness. Really take the time to observe people like a spy would. It's the little details that gives someone sketchy away. Don't let crooks and con artists instill fear and paranoia in you. Be assertive and take precautionary measures.
Very good!
Far better advice then the video.
I’d like to know these tips rather than being told the same thing as the video. Basically, be aware and observe. Not so easy to do when they come to you “ in need” and you stand there sizing them up. Just a little obvious that you’re judging them. I just try to avoid it by acknowledging them but letting them know I’m in a hurry or I have no cash. Which I usually don’t. All I can do if I want to help someone is start with family or close friends. You already know if they are scamming you or not.
Rule #1: don't give CASH! only food and/or clothes, other essential ITEMs..
Rule #2: if they start pushing you to give more and more, it's a scam!
Panhandling is the biggest problem as well . I don’t give anything to them at all . I see signs and all but really if you can’t get a job knowing that you’re not here because you might be illegal to be here then I’m sorry I can’t help . I don’t trust anyone anymore it’s all getting worse
I'm guessing this can depend on where u are, and have changed since such a large influx in such a short time, of illegals, but just gotta say that the ones I've known that they were illegal, all were working. Had jobs. And for the dairy farm workers ( one is a mechanic), doing jobs the local, legal population generally doesn't want to do anymore. Not saying being here illegally is ok, btw, just defending the work-ethic of many of them. The Mexicans anyway.
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You can buy stuff for someone - but KEEP THE RECEIPT if you don’t want them to return it for money without your knowledge.
Eh, a lot of stores will do the returns without receipts. I'd black off all the barcodes and write "no return". Right in front of them.
The problem we're having is our willingness to try and help people who confront us directly. I've suggested to people I know and don't know who do this, that they find out where the nearest shelters, soup kitchens, and pantries are in the areas they frequently visit or live in and make a donation to those facilities. Because it is difficult to know who is scamming you and who is legitimately in need. And if necessary advocate for more facilities in their area. There is no shame in saying no with a solution than just saying no. Those in need will appreciate what information you provide and those who don't just want your money. I stopped beggars from congregating in my area by standing on the corner and passing out a list of places that are in place to help them, to people who think they are doing something good. When what they were doing was drawing more of them to that particular spot. What amazes me is they complained about them being there. If you want to help those in need then give to organizations that are legitimately there to help. Or be a volunteer. a few days out of the month. Your selflessness and generosity will be greatly appreciated.
I asked people who would listen to do the same. Help fund facilities that help the people whom want help to get back on track
This happened to me yrs ago, but I told the woman that I could not help her. When I did, she did not like it at all. I told her that she had to ask someone else. She gave me a lot of lip about it. I told her too bad.
Glad she didn't harm you.
I got called a yuppie b-word in the parking lot, loading groceries into my 12 year old Pontiac beater. I wish I was a yuppie, then i’ll donate to the food bank, thankyouverymuch.
If you want to help just donate to your local mission or food bank etc. That way you will know for sure that it's going to people that actually need the assistance and your donation is being used properly to help the most.
Our food banks will also use the money to help with power, water and prescriptions. I think they still do.🤔
Also you can keep a bag or 2 of food donation in your car so if your hit up for help...here you go. Here's a bag of food. I do that for the homeless with signs...some don't want the food they want cash then nope not from me.
That's not a guarantee. I volunteered at a food bank where a handful of volunteers were taking a lot of items home with them before they ever made it onto the giving shelf. I turned them in and virtually nothing happened. I don't volunteer or donate to these organizations anymore.
@@simonelliot3712 omg! I did same thing. This lady is getting 30 boxes of food from Trader Joe's and grocery...she does a food share. She let everyone of her family and friends take what they wanted. Everyone else had to wait in line. It was Disgusting. Then she wanted cash donations. I was there and said NO WAY. She is still doing this. It's wrong
@@simonelliot3712 I lasted less than three weeks before I quit one of these, 'charities' for the same reason, paid volunteers helping themselves to donated items.
My wife and I went to Aldi and realized Kroger has scammed us with everything for years. 💯
At my store, there used to be this older couple , the woman in a wheelchair, they would come and stand by you and have this conversation with each other about how they wanted an item but couldn’t afford it. I saw so many people giving them money.
Yet, it was the faults of the givers. Doesn't sound like they were scammers. Just talking to each other. Even if they were.
the effort and amount of steps they needed to do far overshadowed them merely getting a job is comical.
I"ve been in poverty and always got at least one job in a restaurant for free meals and a 2nd job for bills, sometimes a 3rd job for x-mass money.
This happened to me in Washington State. Two women, one appeared pregnant came up to me and my guy asking us to pay for their food. There were not from US, they had accents. We agreed to pay for their groceries and when we got to the check out, they had added more items to the cart (mostly clothing). Their items totaled about $200. One woman asked my guy for the receipt and he said, “No, I paid for this, not you.” They rolled the cart out of the store (Walmart) and we watched to see where they went. They rolled across the parking lot to where the gas station was. When they got there, a group of people emerged from some vans and they conversed. We kept watching, they took the items and then the same two women pushed the cart back to store. Likely, to scam another person. I will never to do that again. I reported it to our local police and never got anyone to call me back or email me about the situation. 😕
This is happening all over Washington. These people come here and immediately start scamming. There was an Indian family, obviously not from the U.S., who were out begging for money this past summer. Their little kid in a stroller all day as they begged for money. My husband and I later watched as they left. They drove off in an expensive newer model BMW crossover. It’s disgusting. I wouldn’t give any of them a dime or buy them anything. I wish people would stop giving to them altogether but they have to feel good about themselves somehow. These people are nothing but thieves and con artists.
Illegal immigrants because of Biden's open borders. Get ready for millions more.
walmart gives cash refunds without receipts.
Those foreigners be the ones doing the most scamming
Two Mexican girls asked me to buy diapers outside Fred Meyer in Puyallup. I told them I only had my credit card and they proceeded to ask if I could get cash back so they could buy them cheaper at Walmart. I said “Do you have any idea how much interest and finance charges I would incur if I did that?” I was offended and kept walking. I get it now. The answer is NO!!
Where I live, if you say no and they follow you, they might not be able to walk after that -- that's a threat, stalking.
Following someone in public is not really grounds for self defense. Control your emotions and do not buy a gun
@@0IIIIII I didn't say I would do anything and I also didn't say why they wouldn't be walking -- fists can lay a person out too. I just know the people where I live and if you follow them from the store to their car, you won't like the result. And stalking is a threat.
@@0IIIIIIdon't buy a gun? You sound like a communist
@@0IIIIII I live in an open carry state...nobody tries to scam me for anything.
I’m retired from working in social services, so I know the BS/ scammers tactics well. I generally help the elderly asking for food.
I keep a list of area food banks in my purse. When someone asks me for "groceries" I give them the list of area food banks and say thats the best I can do sorry. Got cussed out a few times.
About a year ago l had a guy shadowing me at the grocery store, he didn't look suspicious appearance wise, he offered to pay for my groceries in the check out line, l declined, but thanked him anyway. He paused for the next two customers groceries, l watched, it came to about $200. I don't know if he was affiliated with a church or not, but there are still a lot of good people out there trying to help.
That happened to me once. And I declined. But I do not see that as being good and trying to help people. There's probably a scam behind it.
@@HappyBeeTV-BeeHappyexactly. Jake needs some education.
It’s sad that ppl don’t believe there are good ppl in the world… and that it HAS to be a scam⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
@@Mmmmgood317 I'm not saying that it has to be a scam, but just said that it probably is. But whether it is or not, what I'm saying for certain is that I do not intend to find out whether it's real or not, which is why I declined and will always decline someone offering to pay for my stuff at the checkout out of the clear blue for no apparent reason. It doesn't even make sense to me.
@@BestMods168 no I think Jake is that guy trying to buy groceries for women so he can demand their time and attention and affection. He’s just putting this comment out here so women will read it and think it’s sincere next time some dude tries to do this. Ladies don’t accept gifts from random men, they will get really angry when you don’t give them what they want
This isn't new. Its called panhandling...
Kin folk said Jed move away from there!!!
Always check your receipt too !
Take your receipts with you. Some shoppers will take a receipt for items, then go in and grab the items on the list, and “return” them!!
I’ve had people come up to me and ask me to buy them groceries. One guy used the ‘ I’ve got a job but I don’t get paid until..and I’ve got kids’ line. I suggested he go to work early the next day and talk to his manager about getting an advance. I’ve discreetly helped people that I’ve worked with when I know they’re in need.
The truth of the matter is is that if someone is truly in need, they go to food pantries and places like that. Most people that are hurting are not harassing people about buying them food or giving them money. Those are usually 99% of them time scams.
@@vickieclark5931it’s crazy. I live in a wealthy liberal state of Massachusetts so I don’t see poor conservatives
@@vickieclark5931 Food pantries can't get enough food because of Biden's economy.
@@vickieclark5931🎯
This is why I don’t give things to homeless people other than job applications and left over food.
The amount of actual homeless people who still pull this shit (like returning what you bought for money) just so they have money for drugs and not to clean up their life…
Yeah, and some appeared to be homeless and not, and still out here trying to ask people for money
@@user-sy6ot9lt3w
Those panhandlers are at the bottom of society, right next to scammers
Heard some cashiers talking about police being called for someone harassing patrons. Paid for my groceries and loading car when some guy comes over and starts talking to me. Started with forgot where he parked his $30k car and was hitting his fob to hear a beep then he started talking about being clean for several months except weed. Next thing i know he was "gotta go, bye" and walked away pressing his fob up in the air. I turned around to see the police had just pulled up to the entrance. 😅
I just tell people that I don't talk to strangers.
I point to my ears and say I can not hear...
But you have to talk to them to tell them that.😉
@@Troubles0125 I actually learned how to sign, "I'm sorry. I am deaf." just in case someone bothers me for some reason and I don't want to deal with them.
Ha ha. Yeah, but it actually works.@@shorty7363
How's this a crime??? People are desperate, it boggles my mind that people would not suspect anything less. With our wonderful people in command, rising costs of everything, Homelessness at a record high, employers not paying a decent enough wage to afford anything....
DUH.... I saw it coming, as should everyone else....& guess what folks this is only a very mild scenario as time goes on & things get worse & worse & worse, the scenarios will become even more desperate & drastic...
I’ve seen the grocery store scam happen and luckily no one I saw helped especially since the free pantry was across the street. The free pantry consistently trashes expired food items daily as not enough customers.
Or, people could do what I did, the guy was standing outside the exit at the grocery store looking at everyone walking out and he made eye contact with me and started to run his speil and I just talked right over him and told him ‘you have a good new year, man’ and walked away. lol
Whoever approaches me, i just say get lost, i dont let anyone talk to me
😂😂😂me too. One time they were soliciting something and I had my shirt on that said, "I lost my guns in a boating accident."
He asked me what it meant and I said it's the Second Amendment dumb f***. He promptly left me alone. Good times. I also have a sweatshirt that says, "We the people are pissed."
Why on earth would you buy groceries for someone who approaches you in a grocery store. There’s a word for that: “No”. Learn it. Use it.
And before you get on me about not being charitable or nice, think about it for 2 seconds: if someone is ambitious enough to hit up random people in a grocery store for a loaf of bread, then they can get a job bagging groceries at that same store or another one.
Just say NO.
Remember to add thank you, after your "N0", to keep things calm.
Buy the groceries on a credit card so when they return it the money just goes back to the original card.
Don't buy it at all. Most areas have plenty of food banks, charities, soup kitchens, etc. Carry a list of local food banks and charities in your purse/wallet that you can hand out to anyone who says they're hungry. Most homeless could build a tiny house with all the lists of free services and free food they have received from local social workers, agencies and police.
@@yellowbird5411 Your response gave me chills. What is the benefit of handing out a list of food banks and charities to people when the shelves of those places are bare? On whose land are homeless people supposed to "build a tiny house"??? Your response is so out of touch and so cold that it gave me chills.
If you ask for cash or a store gift card they usually oblige. I returned some stuff I had bought on a card and was given cash for them. If it's over a certain amount they won't give cash, but will still do a store gift card.
The Actual Scam is that Most SCAMS are related to pushing the Digital Cash and Digital I.D. Tracking Agenda.
This does not apply to all stores. Some stores will accept returned items and give a gift card.
That’s why you include their purchase in with yours so you have the receipt.
ALMIGHTY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US ALL, IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, AMEN
I think I can safely say this scam will never affect me
Me either, I don't give my money away to strangers. If I want to give money away I give it to my family.
Here in the south the big problem is homeless begging in very busy intersections...sometimes charities do it as well. It's so dangerous I never give anything. I carry water in the summer to hand out but the last one said, "I don't want water...I want some energy drinks."
I was in Kroger on Abbott Martin and these two women equipped with two children began to bag for money right next to the milk. They were wearing drapes and shit.
Hey do you live in Nashville? So do I, & I also sometimes go to that Kroger a few times a week!!!!!
It's 2024 don't trust anybody!
Unfortunately that’s one of the reasons why I stopped helping people I just tell them Im in the same boat and they can go to the welfare office and food banks for services
Oh ya I had a lady ask me to buy her groceries, gave me a lame story she forgot her food stamp card needed it for a dinner. Just say no she bugged a few people at a Kroger...
That's where the manager and assistant manager needs to be walking around at the store all the time and protecting their shoppers to make sure that there is not people like that that is the criminal illegal immigrants that is trying to harm their shoppers that is their duty and job to call the police and have them thrown in jail for harassing their shoppers and the police is supposed to take them and put them in jail not tap them on the hands and tell them to move on no jail time
Happened yesterday at Menards. Man asked if was a christian and proceeded to ask for grey hound bus fare. You could tell he needed some kind of help. I gave him the $5 i had. I don't really carry cash for yrs now.
I was at a Pho Restaurant, some guy asked if I could give him $20 for a bowl of pho. As soon as I handed him the $20, he ran outside and didn’t even order anything. 😂
Buying groceries for someone else: I have done this, bought partial groceries for someone in need. I have never been asked by any of these people. it’s not often, but I have done it with someone comes up short. The last time must’ve been almost a year ago. When was my turn at the cashier, he told me that the lady that I helped with someone he knew, and she truly needed the help. She was struggling due to changes in her status taking care of her small children.
Why does this always happen to nice people?. It never happens to people who would immediately not tolerate this.
Source? Just kidding, I know you made this up based on what you _think_ happens.
Because they are afraid to ask people who would not tolerate it. They prey on the sweet and innocent people.
Because the nice people always thinks that everyone is good and kind. Those that don't have their heads in the sand knows that is far from true.
@katielove9932 You said, just what I was going to say🎯
I have read some comments. I remember my country years back. Maybe its still like that now. But we had gypsies everywhere asking for money. And if you offer them food they would call you names. Even young children. They didn't need food or smth they needed money.
I was at Winn Dixie. This girl who looked like she was going thru things and came up to me was like” Excuse me I don’t want much. The pastor put me and my one year out..” I stopped her right there and asked”that’s it?” Referring to the items she had in her hand. We simply went up to the Register and I paid for her food. I’ve been in that situation before and didn’t that nothing of it.
Don’t ever do something or give something you need back. If you live by that, it won’t matter how the scammer treats you. Our good Lord will ensure they are judged appropriately.❤
I hate those ppl! Leave me alone om shopping on my povertyline budget myself! Never had a good feeling from them...they look lazy and sneaky! Sometimes they'll use the skooter to look more desperate.
That's why I have my groceries delivered.
And it can get stolen. 😂
I dont trust these people out front wanting to register you or sign a petition....including your address. I dont do it.
I agree
You're right. Someone recently approached us at Sam's and wanted us to sign some petition for a politician. No, No, No!
My husband has a policy never to give money, or to give them something they can return. Let them know upfront, they will generally leave you alone.
EVERY SINGLE time I EVER 'tried to help somebody' and generously, I immediately figured out I was scammed, and every time I said never again! When it begins with an unusual amount of details: LOOK OUT!
Home Depot, in Oregon, has people who find sales receipts in the parking lot & trash cans. They take the receipt in the store, fill a cart with the items on the receipt and “return” them for money. People are also filling carts with merchandise and leaving the store, with the unpaid merchandise. Home Depot employees are told not to stop them, because it’s dangerous to deal with the thieves.
I saw this but put a stop to at the (not home depot) store i worked at. we tore up every receipt we found or that customers didnt want. also any receipts found by the trash can or on the ground. No torn, soiled, or dirty receipts would be able to be used for returns. All returns, had to have the card present that was usrd. Cash only gets back cash or exchange, card only gets back to same card no exchange. Tons of fraud and theft was stopped by this.
I used to get this in Chicago fairly commonly before I moved to Nashville. They'd ask me to buy their groceries because whatever they wanted wasn't covered by EBT/SNAP, then they'd offer to use their SNAP benefits to buy an equal value of mine. I never went for it because I had the good fortune of recognizing the first one to approach me with it as a street beggar. She had mysteriously lost her disability, regained her leg, and stopped the endless crying to come shopping. If their benefits are legit, they don't need your help to get them. If they're angling to get money for something not covered, you know it's not that steak they're showing you. It's something else.
I also live in Nashville, and it's common here too. I just ignore them, and if possible, I find a Manager or Security Guard and tell them that there's someone outside the store begging.
Know your welfare resources- Salvation Army, food banks, thrift stores, soup kitchens-and give them the piece of paper with the addresses on it. If they throw it away, then you know.
To lazy to work but not to lazy to beg. No class anymore. What the hell has happened to people.
Perfect message here dont help anyone. Everyone for themselves, because in the end thats what they really want. How many of you are living pay check to pay check?
If you believe someone is truly in need and you purchase food for them, keep the receipt. They should not be able to receive a refund without a receipt. However, depending on the item, they could get a store credit. I guess that would allow them to get non-food items. 🤷🏼♀️
If I’m giving someone a gift it’s truly none of my business what they do with it after I give it to them. This is some weird controlling paternalistic behavior, don’t do anything nice for people if you need to be this controlling about it that’s just weird.
Now, if you are talking about buying something for a family member who can’t seem to get their act together, that’s a different thing. Because if they return that item they’re going to come back to you crying that they needed it again. So yeah that would make sense. But if you’re dealing with a stranger, sure go ahead and keep the receipt because it probably has the last four of your credit card number on it. But they can always return it for a store credit without the receipt.
That happemed to me. I was a delivery driver and this guy in prolly his 50’s and homeless looked like he was having a real bad day and it was hot as hell. I offered to buy him some water and a snack inside the store as it was a small gas station with no real food. He laughed and said “ill take some beer” i declined, told him have a good day as i got into my truck. He came knocking on the window and told me he would accept. When i finally left it dawned on me…he went straight into that store and returned it for beer😂😂😂 i laughed tho. Hell he earned it imo😂😂 outplayed. Hes a piece of shit but, i can still laugh.
Publix accepts returns without a receipt.
@@gordon-1 Do the give a cash refund without a receipt or offer an exchange/store credit?
@@MeowNow494 You is you, we don't need to know about YOU! Who the fk do you think you are? The belly button of the universe? 🤣 Lying to people to convince them to give you money is just PLAINLY WRONG, do you get it? Whatever you wanna give away is IRRELEVANT, guess you lack those logical braincells to realize that you're just a stupid hypocrite who's whitelisting scammers! 🤣
This is why I scream and yell stay back😂
I live in a tourist beach destination. Come late spring they are on every corner with their pathetic sign, need help. Since no one shopping in these big parking lots ever parks in the corner closet to the exit, except for one lone car. We all carry here. The next one that raps on my closed window…