I've had enough experience with these con artist scams disguised as beggars that made me resolve to hear after call the numbers mentioned by king the next time I am approached! And the straw that broke the camels back moment was the other day in Lulu's this lady,all clad in a nice clean abayah and niqab, came over,gave me salaams, sat beside my daughter and I and assuming us to be Arabs started rattling off in Arabic tales of woe I barely understood. My daughter acted as translator and as it appeared she was short of cash for medicine. So after much thought I handed her some money and she says says she actually needs 100QR which made me suspicious. I just shrugged my shoulders and said that's all I have to spare. So she walked off. And guess what? Not even a few mins later another one, similarly clad, pops up and tries the same thing!! Man, was I upset...This time I just pretended I knew no Arabic so she slunk off. I mean seriously that's so lame. Like my sister joked, bet the first one called her buddy and said "pssst..sucker over there. See what you can get" Sheeeesh!
I've had enough experience with these con artist scams disguised as beggars that made me resolve to hear after call the numbers mentioned by king the next time I am approached! And the straw that broke the camels back moment was the other day in Lulu's this lady,all clad in a nice clean abayah and niqab, came over,gave me salaams, sat beside my daughter and I and assuming us to be Arabs started rattling off in Arabic tales of woe I barely understood. My daughter acted as translator and as it appeared she was short of cash for medicine. So after much thought I handed her some money and she says says she actually needs 100QR which made me suspicious. I just shrugged my shoulders and said that's all I have to spare. So she walked off. And guess what? Not even a few mins later another one, similarly clad, pops up and tries the same thing!! Man, was I upset...This time I just pretended I knew no Arabic so she slunk off. I mean seriously that's so lame. Like my sister joked, bet the first one called her buddy and said "pssst..sucker over there. See what you can get" Sheeeesh!