Scammer at west broad target

Submitted by my478thredditaccount t3_1144h01 in rva

Lady walks up and compliments your shoes and tries to get your number to connect you with her business coach who just made enough to retire at 37. Not sure what the play is here but just fyi.

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hissing_mosquito t1_j8u7pmf wrote

MLM recruiter, definitely a scam.

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JWelchRVA804 t1_j8wqgyx wrote

The same woman has been recently retired at 37 since at least 2017!

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icepick314 t1_j8xrfqt wrote

TBF Hayao Miyazaki and Tom Brady both retired at least dozen times.

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SquidFlowerN t1_j8uo1up wrote

Joke's on them, I own a shoe-based mlm franchise. Their footwear flirtations are all part of the plan.

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gentleghosts t1_j8ul1br wrote

i’ve still not encountered one of these people because i’m p sure I unintentionally look so unapproachable in public. team rbf!

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1151am t1_j8witfx wrote

It's not that you're unapproachable, it's that you're a ghost! No one can see you, gentle ghost!

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WhalerBum t1_j8u7835 wrote

Yea this shit is posted on here weekly. Can everyone just stop talking to strangers with business ideas anywhere ?

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my478thredditaccount OP t1_j8u8wqo wrote

tell us you’re from nova without telling us

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WhalerBum t1_j8ub344 wrote

What

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my478thredditaccount OP t1_j8ucjc4 wrote

typical yankee wants to keep this stuff to themselves and not just let people know. move back.

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ichheissekate t1_j8uqdis wrote

Amway is almost definitely the angle, if not then perhaps Kangen or Primerica. Those all tend to have the weirdest in your face “passive income/retire early” pitches to strangers.

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ShinyMissingno t1_j8vfqnf wrote

This is a common Amway script. The progression is:

  1. “Those are nice shoes!”
  2. “Are you a runner?”
  3. “It’s important to have a hobby.”
  4. “I have a lot of free time for hobbies nowadays since I started my own business.”
  5. Then they introduce you to their coach.
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CharlesJHV t1_j8uwe72 wrote

Why are there always scammers there this is the third post I’ve been about solicitors at Target

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Mad-Lad-of-RVA t1_j8v6mr1 wrote

They call the store Target because when you shop there, you're a target for MLM grifters.

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fanrva t1_j8v8o5f wrote

Not just the third. That target is apparently ground zero for MLM scammers. I’ve never had a run in. Guess they don’t like me :/

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icepick314 t1_j8w5adr wrote

I'll be suspicious of anyone complimenting my Crocs.

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badkilly t1_j8v1q86 wrote

thank gods my shoes are ugly

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Dabbydurrito t1_j8ujmcf wrote

Happened to me at Wegmans the other day! So annoying

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FattieBanton t1_j8usxeq wrote

They used to take over the Wegmans dining area about two nights a week when I worked there part time. I’m talking 30-50 young men and women. I’m talking handsome dudes and attractive ladies all well dressed and seemingly successful in what they do for their day jobs. Not a single one ever had anything they bought from the store (not even a muffin) and I wondered why management tolerated them.

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Dabbydurrito t1_j8uvwq0 wrote

Omg! No way I worked at the one on midlo for 5 years. They would buy pizza and subs sometimes and then just sit in the corner by the bathrooms and talk until 11pm. This encounter the other day was just one guy who caught me while I was shopping high as shit. I fell right into his bullshit and immediately regretted it after the interaction lol

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FattieBanton t1_j8v1uy2 wrote

I also used to clock out at 11 which is around the time they would start leaving. Imagine working 8-5 only to spend your evening “networking” over Amway stuff.

I do miss this one guy (non Amway) who would show up daily (without fail) and buy a 2ltr bottle of Brisk ice tea and a whole rotisserie chicken. He would sit there with his sweet gaming laptop just gaming for hours on end. I would get there around 5:30 so I have no idea when he would start. He seemed like a really cool dude (mid 50s… ish) and I wish I’d gotten to know him. I’m assuming he either got a windfall or some sort or monthly payment that was enough for him to not work and so that was what gave him joy.

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Illuvatar_CS t1_j8urdab wrote

My girlfriend had the same exact thing happen to her at stony point TJs

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boseyboseybop t1_j8vwm5v wrote

That’s it. I’m done with wearing shoes.

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sassypapaya t1_j8v5lgt wrote

Hahahaha this happened to me too, and I fell for it bc we were in the same industry! I really thought I was smarter than this.

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Appropriate_Status48 t1_j8wds6c wrote

Ok I met a woman hubby and baby at Target a few weeks ago and she has been pushing to meet for coffee. I guess this is the same right? I felt bad for her thinking that she needed an outlet after the baby lol

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Sage_Advice420 t1_j8y75ur wrote

Did she mention her career at all and try to talk toyou about it?

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Appropriate_Status48 t1_j8yhcnx wrote

Not yet but only because I have not had additional convo with her due to competing priorities. She has tried calling me alot (without prompting) and she texts me out of the blue several times throughout the week. I feel like it is my personal right to not share what I am doing when she pops on my phone. But the need for he to contact me is becoming so "agressive" that i can tell there is a motive.

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bookishbelle22 t1_j8ur1cf wrote

I met a lady at lidl in the west end who tried the same thing!

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Rodzilla_Blood t1_j8wtcno wrote

Amway has a yearly event at the convention center where they flood the fucking city... Talk about scam convention

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Kingblur t1_j8v5kcb wrote

Had this happen to me at the Fredericksburg Walmart in November

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_sarten t1_j8vdog3 wrote

So now I have to wear worn-out boots to shop. Like I didn't have enough problems already. /s

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floppydude81 t1_j8wor2q wrote

I like to say ‘if you are doing so well you wouldn’t have to recruit people’

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MrsBains t1_j8xgfei wrote

Definitely Amway. These people are ridiculous.

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MaryDellamorte t1_j8yktoo wrote

I really wish one of these people would approach me. I would just say the most unhinged shit and make them feel so uncomfortable. Nothing threatening, just stuff to make them question my sanity and make them NOT want to recruit me.

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dunigankl t1_j8v2df3 wrote

Happen to me twice in one night in the target off Broad. Both women had barely anything in their carts, complimented my shoes first and then proceeded to ask me a ton of questions about what I do for work. Something felt really off after both chats. All makes sense now lol

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Eastern_Air9904 t1_j8w95bw wrote

this happened to me because i work at target and i was silly enough to fall for it. she wanted to schedule a zoom with her “mentor” but wouldn’t tell me any other information and said “we’ll go over it on zoom.” luckily, by that point i had caught on but super annoying.

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_dmss t1_j8wkn42 wrote

She’s been there for a couple years doing this. The third time she approached me I pointed out the scam.

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Scared-Abalone-1368 t1_j8xtc09 wrote

It’s 100% Amway scammers. Has happened to me twice there but my resting bitch face quickly tells them I’m not a mark

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coffeeNcondemnation t1_j92qwwj wrote

What is up RVA and a seemingly higher concentration of these MLM scams? I use to get hit up by these people at Kroger and target all the time then I moved away for a few years, didn’t experience this at all while I was away, moved back recently and had it happen again at carry street Kroger.

It sucks because now I don’t want to engage in polite conversation with people because I assume it’s just another pitch.

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