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Angry man Deliberately bumping into people in Docklands

savj2 · 2017-09-13 17:43:28

Hi all I'm writing this wondering if any of you who work in the South Docklands (Grand Canal Dock, Forbes St and Sir John Rogersons Quay area) have encountered a very angry man with a South African accent but hints of USA accent as well. I've had two unpleasant encounters with him now in fairly much the same place in the…

13-09-2017 5:43pm

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Hi all

I'm writing this wondering if any of you who work in the South Docklands (Grand Canal Dock, Forbes St and Sir John Rogersons Quay area) have encountered a very angry man with a South African accent but hints of USA accent as well.

I've had two unpleasant encounters with him now in fairly much the same place in the space of a month. Both times I have not seen him before he bumps into me, I turn around and eventually he turns around as well. He shouts all sorts of obscenities very loud then turns and walks on.

He did it again this morning: bumped into my right arm, I was ready to apologies to him out of politeness, but then the abusiveness just continued. He even showed his fist and made a fake charge.

I've never encountered the infamous "South African Con man" on the reddit articles but could this be the same guy?

Have any of you encountered this guy. I have no picture, but hes about 5 '9, 5 10 and looks completely normal and well dressed. Seems very unhinged mind.

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#2 13-09-2017 5:46pm

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#3 13-09-2017 9:18pm

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Shaved head & backpack?

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#4 13-09-2017 9:21pm

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Rich Ritchie?

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#5 13-09-2017 9:22pm

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Paddytheman wrote: »

Shaved head & backpack?

He had a bag on his bag, I thought he had some hair but can't remember if he was wearing some sort of hat or not.

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I've encountered the South African con man a few times and he was never aggressive. Maybe he's been found out and this is a new gig.

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#7 14-09-2017 9:06pm

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He's just looking for hoodies:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057787050

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#8 14-09-2017 9:28pm

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Smack him

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#9 14-09-2017 11:25pm

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Ciaran_B wrote: »

I've encountered the South African con man a few times and he was never aggressive. Maybe he's been found out and this is a new gig.

what was his con?

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Muahahaha wrote: »

what was his con?

I'm not 100% on the details but it involved him 'borrowing' money off the victim then giving the victim a stolen laptop as collateral. Then arranging to meet the victim to return their money at a later date. Needless to say he never turns up.

There's a few threads on Reddit r/Dublin about him.

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#11 15-09-2017 12:55pm

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Ciaran_B wrote: »

I'm not 100% on the details but it involved him 'borrowing' money off the victim then giving the victim a stolen laptop as collateral. Then arranging to meet the victim to return their money at a later date. Needless to say he never turns up.

There's a few threads on Reddit r/Dublin about him.

Similar to the scrote stopping me and asking to use my phone. He's trying to call his friend...
He had a phone with 'no credit' and a €50 as collateral I could hold while he uses my phone.

I can just imagine him running down the road with my phone and I'm left holding a dud phone and a photocopied €50.

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