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Scamming in Gonzales: People Beware!

Posted on 11/1/25 at 7:14 am
Posted by Lutcher Lad
South of the Mason-Dixon Line
Member since Sep 2009
7034 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 7:14 am
Didn't get a picture, but there is a black man who has been scamming folks in the Gonzales area for at least a year, now.
My first encounter with this little thug was about a year ago at Jack-In-the-Box. As I waited for my order at the counter he approached me and showed me a beat-up cell phone with a crack across it and told me his family was down the road in the car that ran out of gas and he needed money. I gave him $5 and he was gone.
Never gave it another thought until a few days ago when I was at Lowe's and saw this little bastard in the parking lot begging customers for money. As I got to my truck he came to me and went through the same story he had told me a year ago. Only this time, I was ready. I told him he's a lying little a-hole and if he wanted me to, I would drive him to his family down the road, beings they've been there for over a year now. He quickly ran away and just a few minutes afterward, I saw him harassing a woman at her driver's side window. The woman was about to give him money when I pulled up near him and told him to leave that lady alone. I explained to the lady that he was scamming folks and she quickly pulled off. He told me I need to leave him alone and went away again.
If any of you see this little fellow, about 5ft. 8in. tall, dark black with a little goatee and holding a broken up cell phone...be ready to banish him.
Posted by Spasweezy
Unfortunately, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2014
7150 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 7:17 am to
You’re lucky he didn’t yeet you for disrespek on his hustle.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
11940 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 7:18 am to
I figure anyone hanging around with their hand out is scamming.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
132894 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 7:52 am to
quote:

he approached me and showed me a beat-up cell phone with a crack across it and told me his family was down the road in the car that ran out of gas and he needed money. I gave him $5 and he was gone.



Sounds like you are the problem here. You reinforced the behavior
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
21500 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 7:54 am to
Heads up, that email you got about your Apple ID being locked is fake

Also your bank won’t call or text asking for your personal info





Almost forgot: Did you know gullible isn’t in the dictionary?
Posted by Lush
Nola
Member since Jul 2023
956 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 7:59 am to
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dark black


Posted by Tifway419
Member since Sep 2022
1566 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 8:01 am to
I got scammed big time in New Orleans last night. Some dude came up to me and bet me $20 that he knows where I got my shoes. Considering since I got them from a mom & pop shop from my hometown I knew he wouldn’t know it and took him up on his $20 bet.

Then he said “on your feet on Bourbon street”. And since he guessed both places right, I had to give him $40. That bastard.
Posted by RFK
Mar-a-Lago
Member since May 2012
2559 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 8:10 am to
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My first encounter with this little thug was about a year ago at Jack-In-the-Box
Gross.

You deserve what you get.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
72512 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 8:23 am to
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Lutcher Lad
quote:

scamming folks in the Gonzales area
Stay in your lane lad.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
87049 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 8:27 am to
So Black Kevin.
Posted by Higgysmalls
Ft Lauderdale
Member since Jun 2016
7523 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 8:29 am to
Guess you've never been to seigen lane
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
4158 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 8:32 am to
I fricking hate beggars. So much so I keep a stash of $5 bills in my console so I can quickly grab one and get my "God bless" and go about my day
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
132894 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 8:51 am to
quote:

So Black Kevin.


Ke'von
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6033 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 8:57 am to
quote:

As I waited for my order at the counter he approached me and showed me a beat-up cell phone with a crack across it and told me his family was down the road in the car that ran out of gas and he needed money. I gave him $5 and he was gone


Are you new to life in the South?
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
70153 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:02 am to
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this little fellow, about 5ft. 8in. tall


That's going to be triggering for some folks.
Posted by Honkus
Member since Aug 2005
56152 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:04 am to
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I gave him $5


You are part of the problem then
This post was edited on 11/1/25 at 9:05 am
Posted by tiger789
on the bayou
Member since Dec 2008
1997 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:15 am to







quote:

You deserve what you get.













thats rich coming from you
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13494 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:17 am to
I don't think begging counts as a scam. It is just begging. If he tried to sell you a fake iPhone that would be a scam.
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