jstraw20 Posted February 7, 2020 #276 Share Posted February 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Clubber said: Still at it. Approached a friend of mine. He snapped this picture for me LOL! Yeah, that's him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey & Sophie Posted February 8, 2020 #277 Share Posted February 8, 2020 We live in Minneapolis MN. We see people on major intersections daily and see frequently how many people give money. We know a scam. In addition I can ask rebuttal questions in French & German. Thanks for the face in photo! I think perhaps it's the first one ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello, Newman Posted February 24, 2020 #278 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Our group was approached by this fine individual February 22. Same approach, same story, same clothes, and even in the same location. Thanks to this forum we didn't fall for the scam and even had time to alert others before they fell for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelfsh131 Posted February 27, 2020 #279 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Is it sad that I am hoping to see him? 😂 He’s a little C.C. Famous at the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubber Posted March 2, 2020 #280 Share Posted March 2, 2020 On 2/27/2020 at 7:45 AM, Angelfsh131 said: Is it sad that I am hoping to see him? 😂 He’s a little C.C. Famous at the point. I've been hoping to see him for 10 years. Just missed him by ten minutes a few weeks ago when my friend snapped the pic above. Maybe next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmcen78 Posted July 25, 2021 #281 Share Posted July 25, 2021 This guys is still out here telling the same story about him and his dad getting mugged in OSJ. Unfortunately, I didn’t see this story until we got back to the hotel. Now short $13 and laughing at stories we are reading about the same guy running this scam. I’m sharing a picture someone posted on here from last year. It’s the same guy but now he’s wearing a mask. Pay attention to the preamble of “hey do you speak English?”and the big ears. You can’t miss it. Good luck folks and don’t get scammed like us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstraw20 Posted July 25, 2021 #282 Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 hours ago, mmcen78 said: This guys is still out here telling the same story about him and his dad getting mugged in OSJ. Unfortunately, I didn’t see this story until we got back to the hotel. Now short $13 and laughing at stories we are reading about the same guy running this scam. I’m sharing a picture someone posted on here from last year. It’s the same guy but now he’s wearing a mask. Pay attention to the preamble of “hey do you speak English?”and the big ears. You can’t miss it. Good luck folks and don’t get scammed like us. Yup, that's him. Looks like he ditched the nose bandage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmcen78 Posted July 26, 2021 #283 Share Posted July 26, 2021 21 hours ago, mmcen78 said: This guys is still out here telling the same story about him and his dad getting mugged in OSJ. Unfortunately, I didn’t see this story until we got back to the hotel. Now short $13 and laughing at stories we are reading about the same guy running this scam. I’m sharing a picture someone posted on here from last year. It’s the same guy but now he’s wearing a mask. Pay attention to the preamble of “hey do you speak English?”and the big ears. You can’t miss it. Good luck folks and don’t get scammed like us. Dear travel community, our OSJS (Old San Juan Scammer) is out and about again tonight (July 25, 2021). We spotted him once again by the food trucks preying on unassuming couples. Of course we jumped in to save the night. But not without taking a video and some pictures of him first. He quickly beat feet. But wouldn’t you know, we spotted him again on our way to our Hotel whilst he was yet again onto his shenanigans troubling travelers. Again, we stepped in to save the night. Who knows how many more victims are on his path this evening. Nonetheless, we feel vindicated from our previous night where we fell victim to the OSJS. Stay vigilant folks! See updated picture of our OSJS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpdw484 Posted July 26, 2021 #284 Share Posted July 26, 2021 11 hours ago, mmcen78 said: We have seen this guy many times through the years. We always start laughing and proceed to tell him how famous he is online. That gets rid of him real fast lol. On a side note, is everyone still wearing masks in San Juan even outdoors? I thought this was lifted for vaccinated people a while back. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmcen78 Posted July 26, 2021 #285 Share Posted July 26, 2021 3 hours ago, zpdw484 said: We have seen this guy many times through the years. We always start laughing and proceed to tell him how famous he is online. That gets rid of him real fast lol. On a side note, is everyone still wearing masks in San Juan even outdoors? I thought this was lifted for vaccinated people a while back. Thanks! When walking outside no one really says anything but most shops still expect you to put the mask on in their stores 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sealeggs Posted August 18, 2021 #286 Share Posted August 18, 2021 You have to give it up to him. He doesn't give up. On the other hand he is still obviously receiving money or he would have stopped by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc2425 Posted August 25, 2021 #287 Share Posted August 25, 2021 We were on Mardi Gras and had a stop in San Juan 8/17. My husband and brother in law went back over to a store while myself and my sister stayed on the ship. This guy approached them with the same story. My husband doesn’t read these boards and I had totally forgotten to tell him about this guy. Luckily they didn’t fall for his story and kept walking. So he is definitely still at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike45LC Posted August 27, 2021 #288 Share Posted August 27, 2021 On 8/25/2021 at 3:58 PM, pc2425 said: We were on Mardi Gras and had a stop in San Juan 8/17. Can you start a new thread reporting to us how Old San Juan is these days? Were many of the shops, restaurants and bars open? Were masks required outdoors? Were people wearing asks in the restaurants? I need to decide if we are going to proceed with our upcoming cruise or if we should cancel and put it off until 2022! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc2425 Posted August 27, 2021 #289 Share Posted August 27, 2021 30 minutes ago, Mike45LC said: Can you start a new thread reporting to us how Old San Juan is these days? Were many of the shops, restaurants and bars open? Were masks required outdoors? Were people wearing asks in the restaurants? I need to decide if we are going to proceed with our upcoming cruise or if we should cancel and put it off until 2022! I really don’t have much to report. We didn’t walk around very much. Mostly just right by the port. There were vendors set up on the streets and they all had on masks, We didn’t go into any restaurants or bars so I don’t know the mask situation. Walking around people had on masks. Signs were everywhere saying masks required and a $100 fine. My husband pulled his mask down and was standing on the sidewalk and a policeman drove by, stopped and pointed at him to pull up his mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike45LC Posted August 27, 2021 #290 Share Posted August 27, 2021 11 minutes ago, pc2425 said: I really don’t have much to report. We didn’t walk around very much. Mostly just right by the port. There were vendors set up on the streets and they all had on masks, We didn’t go into any restaurants or bars so I don’t know the mask situation. Walking around people had on masks. Signs were everywhere saying masks required and a $100 fine. My husband pulled his mask down and was standing on the sidewalk and a policeman drove by, stopped and pointed at him to pull up his mask. Thanks for the first hand report from a cruiser's perspective! I'm glad that they are taking the mask mandate seriously. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lka1012 Posted September 26, 2021 #291 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Neyt, in my most southern accent Edited September 26, 2021 by lka1012 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof3cruisers Posted October 1, 2021 #292 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Okay…people really buy that the police in OSJ don’t speak English? Sorry, I got stuck on that point. OTOH, I’m thinking I would need to just answer him in Spanish. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Originalscamalert Posted November 5, 2021 #293 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I was the original person who started this thread as waking life. I lost that login and started this. I can't believe this thread is going 11 years later and this guy is still scamming 11 years later. Thanks for everybody who contributed 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdowney Posted January 2, 2022 #294 Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 11/5/2021 at 1:37 AM, Originalscamalert said: I was the original person who started this thread as waking life. I lost that login and started this. I can't believe this thread is going 11 years later and this guy is still scamming 11 years later. Thanks for everybody who contributed If he is still using the line about his dad being mugged I think I'd crack up laughing at him. His da must be over 100 at this point!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC29 Posted February 18, 2022 #295 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Oh I hope I run into him Jan 2023. Want to get video telling him he's famous on this site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skagen Posted February 20, 2022 #296 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Wife and I contributed a couple of years back, kind of figuring it was a scam but not positive - if I have the fun of bumping into him and he leads with a "do you speak english" line I need to go straight to a "thank goodness someone else speaks english my father was just mugged" story 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Salt Lifer Posted February 24, 2022 #297 Share Posted February 24, 2022 This thread is the best thing on Cruise Critic! We will be keeping an eye out for this guy in April. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigergrl1981 Posted March 9, 2022 #298 Share Posted March 9, 2022 My husband and I are in San Juan today on the MSC Seashore and we were approached by this guy today. Thanks to this forum, I knew to grab my husband and walk away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcats40 Posted March 20, 2022 #299 Share Posted March 20, 2022 We recognized the man about a block from the pier. Same line about "Do you speak English". We just ignored him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AACJ Posted July 2, 2022 #300 Share Posted July 2, 2022 I'm hoping to see him soon. lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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