Inner City Scammers? really??

ihadu

anyone seen these guys?

usually go into pubs in 2 with clipboards and a shabby I.D. card. they say they are collecting for inner city drug rehab programmes. they ask for a donation etc. That was fine till i walked out of my local shop in a dublin suburb and was accosted by another two guys "collecting".
does anyone know if they are legit?

admiralofthefleet

ive seen them a few times but have never given them anything. they always come into the pub i work in but we dont allow them to 'collect'

January

What's the name of the organisation they are collecting on behalf of??

admiralofthefleet

its always the area near to the pub. we get the 'howya, were collectin for de crumlin and kimmage drug force would ye like to make a donation'.
our answer is always the same 'sorry, we are involved with a few charities in the area already'

SoupyNorman

adrieanne__x wrote: »

What's the name of the organisation they are collecting on behalf of??

I know this is too easy but,




Fianna Fáil

ihadu

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

ive seen them a few times but have never given them anything. they always come into the pub i work in but we dont allow them to 'collect'

did you happen to ask about the charity? i've always told them i'd rather quit smoking than give anything to them. i'm starting to worry now thogh as these crafty "howayas" are coming out infecting affluent areas of dublin.
should i make a citizens arrest next time?

jethrodublin

i've dealt with them a few times in my venue. we, the doorstaff, dont want them in so we say no. but the manager is a dodo and falls for everything.

but, they do usually park their bus outside. and its kitted out with all the stickers and logo's for their organisation. so i'm inclined to believe them.


my problem is that they dress like bums and want to come into nightclubs.

marcsignal

There's a bloke who drinks in my local who kind of isn't playing with a full deck, but he chuggs people in the pub all the time for sponsored walks he's supposed to be doing. He stung me and 2 mates for a tenner each last christmas.

In the long and the short of it, we were told by the bar manager, that he drinks the money he collects. This really pissed me off because I've done a few parachute jumps for cancer research, and it got my back up this cockroach was scamming a charity for his drinking fund. When I approached him about this he got seriously agro with me, and physically attacked me in the pub.

Very awkward situation, got a few powerful digs off him, but couldn't really hit him back because he's slightly retarded. Awful thing to say, but I'd love to sponsor him to walk off a cliff, or under a bus :mad::mad:

Charity scammers are lower than the lowest of the low......

we can't hit retards now?

admiralofthefleet

marcsignal wrote: »

There's a bloke who drinks in my local who kind of isn't playing with a full deck, but he chuggs people in the pub all the time for sponsored walks he's supposed to be doing. He stung me and 2 mates for a tenner each last christmas.

In the long and the short of it, we were told by the bar manager, that he drinks the money he collects. This really pissed me off because I've done a few parachute jumps for cancer research, and it got my back up this cockroach was scamming a charity for his drinking fund. When I approached him about this he got seriously agro with me, and physically attacked me in the pub.

Very awkward situation, got a few powerful digs off him, but couldn't really hit him back because he's slightly retarded. Awful thing to say, but I'd love to sponsor him to walk off a cliff, or under a bus :mad::mad:

Charity scammers are lower than the lowest of the low......

was this in dublin

marcsignal

Deleted User wrote: »

we can't hit retards now?

man i was fuming, but couldn't bring myself to do it, just didn't seem right, best i could do was wish him bad luck :mad:

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

was this in dublin

yep, don't want to name the pub, but it's in terenure

admiralofthefleet

marcsignal wrote: »

yep, don't want to name the pub, but it's in terenure

i was thinking the same

marcsignal

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i was thinking the same

you wouldn't forget this guy in a hurry if you met him once, asking people to read his text messages is another one of his scams, he's bad news, and dangerous. Keep away from him if you know the guy i'm talking about.

admiralofthefleet

marcsignal wrote: »

you wouldn't forget this guy in a hurry if you met him once, asking people to read his text messages is another one of his scams, he's bad news, and dangerous. Keep away from him if you know the guy i'm talking about.

i know exactly who your talking about, nasty individual

dr.bollocko

It's spelled "scummers".

marcsignal

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i know exactly who your talking about, nasty individual

you're not wrong mate, for weeks after he resorted to bringing really dodgy lookin scumbags into the pub with him, guys in their 40's, and deliberately pointing me out in the pub. These dudes then continuously eyeballed me all night in a very intimidating way. I've no idea what he was telling them, but its a no win situation. Complained to the manager, nothing was done. I just began to log every incident in case anything happens. tbh we drink in another pub in the area now, and only go to the first place the odd night.

stovelid

It at least shows initiative.

Not that different to some fat-tied, greasy twat trying to scam you into buying a useless insurance policy or mortgage really.

Dyr

This is some crumlin drugs initiative thing or the liberties, a sponsored cycle or some such...dodgy as fook if you ask me. I was nabbed by two lad's collecting in ballymun outside a shop..i thought they were dealers. Months later, some young wan in a city centre pub I was having pint in was doing likewise..I told her that was some collecting that they were doing.

stovelid

It beats getting a hiding or stabbed with a syringe. And you think you've helped to combat poverty. While supplementing it.

ihadu

can anyone confirm its a scam? i really want to deal with these people in my area if it is