possible scam?

[four-thorns.livejournal.com]

as i was walking home tonight (about 10pm-ish), i saw a woman leaving a house with a baby in a stroller. i had just turned the corner and was walking away when she caught up to me and said that she just moved into the neighborhood and that she had just brough her baby home from the hospital because he was sick with an earache, and that she needed to go pick up his prescription, and her mother told her to ask a neighbor for money for it, and she then asked me for $35 (i was just walking down the street, there was nothing to identify me as a "neighbor"). i couldn't have helped her out even if i had wanted to, because i didn't have that much money on me, but i suspected it was a scam, too. as i walked away, i heard her approaching a man who was just coming out of his house with the same story.

if your baby had an earache, you wouldn't be wheeling him/her around the streets in a stroller after 10pm at night, would you? especially if your mother is around?

i dunno. just thought i'd let people know in case it is a scam. this was on highland a few blocks past the somerville hospital.

Comments

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

also, if you want to help but don't want to get scammed, you could offer to walk her to CVS and pay the pharmacy directly. Just explain you'd like to help out but it also sounds like the perfect setup for a scam and then see if she's willing/able to go to CVS with you watching for a valid prescription, etc