Timeline for Was I going to be scammed, kidnapped or robbed in the US? [closed]
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| Mar 23, 2018 at 2:15 | comment | added | WGroleau | Suspicious but possibly innocent up to being invited into the car. Even that could be innocent, but a high probability that once in the car, you would not be going where you want to go. | |
| Sep 22, 2017 at 8:02 | comment | added | Stephan Branczyk | Whatever his intentions were, you made the right call. If you want to make friends in the US, you don't do it in the street in the middle of the night. And if he wasn't sober, I can see him not wanting to return to his car before he was completely sober. In the US, the police will arrest you for a DUI even if you're just sleeping in your car waiting to sober up. | |
| Sep 22, 2017 at 6:23 | history | closed |
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| Sep 21, 2017 at 20:20 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 21, 2017 at 16:58 | history | edited | je_b | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 21, 2017 at 16:30 | comment | added | je_b | @Johns-305 He wasn't the collegiate type. He was in his thirties and looked rather disheveled. | |
| Sep 21, 2017 at 15:27 | answer | added | Summer | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 21, 2017 at 14:29 | comment | added | Anthony Grist | "Nervous and fidgeted with his hands" could indicate any number of things. He may have been nervous because he was planning to commit some kind of crime. He may also have some kind of mental and/or physical disability or been on drugs. Nervous, fidgety and overly talkative is a not uncommon stereotypical depiction of a drug addict. | |
| Sep 21, 2017 at 14:26 | comment | added | Anthony Grist | I'm not convinced this question is really answerable. He could have been trying to scam, rob or kidnap you. He also could have been trying to chat you up or been on a dare, as Johns-305 said. He also could have just been one of those people who don't know what an appropriate level of sharing is, can't tell when somebody isn't interested in talking to them, etc. You may just be confusing a lack of social skills (combined with being very outgoing) with malicious intent. | |
| Sep 21, 2017 at 14:07 | comment | added | DTRT | Could he have been seeking a romantic interlude? Random kidnapping is not a thing in the US compared to other locals and scammers would hunt in more tourist oriented places. Was he a collegiate type? He could have been on a dare. | |
| Sep 21, 2017 at 13:24 | history | edited | je_b | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 21, 2017 at 12:51 | comment | added | Weather Vane | I would say if he wanted to rob you it would have happened right away before anyone saw you together. I suspect he was working towards some kind of scam, where the opening gambits are designed to indebt the target in some way, then used as an emotional lever when the pitch is played: for example to be given money - and no crime was committed. | |
| Sep 21, 2017 at 12:46 | history | edited | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 21, 2017 at 12:42 | history | asked | je_b | CC BY-SA 3.0 |