u/locallthought

Weird guy outside Target strikes up a "deal"

A couple days ago I was standing outside Target, I was minding my own business when this guy came up to me, telling me he had a really good deal for the both of us. He said it was more good on my end, explaining he had a couple hundred dollars worth of gift cards he was willing to buy me food with.

Now obviously I declined this, seeing as at the time I genuinely did think it was a scam. But, now I'm starting to question if it really was a scam or something else??

Firstly, who realistically just buys food at Target? I'm sure there's someone that probably does, but I doubt any regular person has that kind of money to be shopping at Target for food. I was also the only person he approached, this might have been because I was alone though I'm not totally sure since I wasn't really looking around.

He wasn't pushy, but he seemed incredibly nervous given he was stuttering and also fidgeting with the water bottle in his hands as he talked to me. After I declined his offer to buy me things, he walked behind something and was out of my sight so I couldn't see where he was going.

Was this just a scam and I'm freaking myself out over nothing, or was there a chance I could have been in real danger?

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u/locallthought — 7 days ago