"Last week I was at Fred Meyer getting some chicken..." Is this the Fred Meyer in Redmond, Washington between Target and Home Depot near Redmond Way and the exit of I-520? My mom had the exact same experience. Did this lady have crooked teeth and blond hair? A few days ago I was walking on the sidewalk next to Redmond way when a lady in a black car just stopped right there on the road and asked in a sweet voice, "are you a christian?". When I said "yes" she replied, "I'm a victim of identity theft and I need money for gas could you help me out?". I remembered what my mom told me about some lady in Fred Meyer. I looked around in her car to try to verify her story, or at least verify that she's poor and desperately needs money, but I couldn't find any evidence of poverty. In fact I was seeing the opposite. I've known some poor people before and they always drove dirty beat up 20+ year old cars that rattled and barely moved. Her car was clean on the inside, no 8 track tape in here, just a stock CD player, nothing fancy, but one beater car I saw in the past had no dash, hers was intact. The engine was running smoothly too. No misses, backfires, rough idling, nothing wrong. No major dents or parts missing from her car on the outside either. It looked like a recent compact car. Hmmm. I looked at her teeth. They were crooked. Maybe she can't afford a dentist. That's when I figured it out. I looked for her gas gauge, but couldn't see it because I was on the passenger side. I asked her to pull into a parking lot to get out of the way of traffic. She did and I walked to the drivers side and examined her gauges. All normal, and here's the best part, SHE HAD THREE QUARTERS OF A TANK OF GAS!!!!! While I was doing this she was continuously repeating "I need money for gas, please help, I'm a victim of identity theft". I told her, "you've got three quarters of a tank". "Please help I need money for gas, I'm a victim of identity theft, are you a christian?" she said again. I pointed to her gas gauge and said, "the little needle is close to the little F". She looked at her gas gauge for a second, then said, "I need money for food, will you help me out?". I told her, "no, you lied to me once, how do I know you're not lying to me now?" and walked away. I turned back to make sure she wasn't pointing a gun at me and I could tell by the way she was driving and the huge scowl she had on her face that she was MAD! I noticed she was driving a black hyundai. When I got some time I Googled "are you a christian" "victim of identity theft" and came here. "are you a christian" "victim of identity theft" - Google Search I was actually wondering if this was a national scam, but it looks like it's just local. So if a little old lady with a sweet voice comes up to you and asks "are you a christian?" and says, "I'm a victim of identity theft", and "please help" then by all means help her out. Show her to the nearest phone so she can CALL THE POLICE and report her identity theft. That is IF (that's a big IF)she really is a victim of identity theft and isn't just scamming people for money. I'm sure the police would be a lot more helpful to a real victim of ID theft than if you just hand them pocket change.
