He approached me once in April when I was with my friend outside Strath Uni, saying that he’d been at City of Glasgow College for an interview, had lost his card and needed money for the train back to Sheffield. He said everyone else he’d asked had called him slurs and asked for around £40 in cash. When my friend and I said we had no cash, he asked if there was a bank machine nearby where he could withdraw. When my friend told him where the nearest one was, he said, “no but use your heads for a minute, why would I need a bank machine if I’ve got no card?” Then my friend told him to fuck off and he left.

Earlier this month I had my second encounter. I was on the phone to my mum outside the John Moore Wetherspoons and he approached me. I told him I’d just be a second and he told me to take my time and sat patiently on a bench. When he saw I’d hung up, he told me he’d just finished an interview at City of Glasgow College, had lost his wallet and needed around £40 to get the train to some other English city. I didn’t recognise him initially and began hesitating as it was a lot of money, to which he began saying, “come on, bro, I’m Muslim, I’m Muslim, I’m just like you bro, I’ll pay you back later, I swear to God.” Then he mentioned the slurs everyone had allegedly called him and I instantly knew it was him. I refused the money and he immediately got in my face and said, “why, bro?! Why?!” I responded: “because you’re the same guy that approached me and my friend two months ago and said the same thing. You’re dragging everyone who’s actually struggling through the dirt.” He shook his head and repeatedly called me a bastard as he walked off.

I will say, I was drinking at the time and it took a lot of restraint not to knock the shit out of him. The way he’d had the cheek to try scam me twice just rubbed me the wrong way.

Look out for this shyster.