"Was walking at the mall tonight when this scrawny skabby blond chick in her twenties approached me and asked if I’d be willing to let her purchase something on my credit or debit card if she gave me cash in return."
I personally wouldn't have agreed to that in the first place. Never mind her changing her texting someone about your reaction. If she's got the cash to pay for it, then why the hell wouldn't she just buy it herself?
Let's have some fun thinking of the possibilities.
1) She got banned for the store, and wanted the item. Not sure if that's the case though, because then why would she care about you using a credit/debit card? You paying cash would have been equally as good, right? That leads me to...
2) You agreeing meant that you had a credit/debit card on you. It'd be hard to flat-out mug you and steal your card and still be able to use it since you'd immediately cancel your card afterwards and then they'd likely be able to be traced trying to use your card after they stole it. But they COULD get you to use your card to buy something with monetary value that they could re-sell. They could then try to get you into a more secret location in order to give you the cash, and use that as an opportunity to mug you and steal the item that you bought with your card. But again...why not just ask you to buy it by card OR cash? Getting you to buy the item first could prevent them from getting you alone and mugging you only to find out that you have a card that they can't use. But once you bought the item, it shouldn't matter how you paid for it.
Anyone else have any ideas?
But yeah, something was going on here just from the initial request. I don't suppose you asked her why she didn't just buy the item herself if she actually had the cash to pay for it?
I think that counterfeit bills would probably be the most likely explanation. In any case, if she was actually able and willing to pay for the item, and actually had legitimate cash, then there's zero legitimate reason why she'd be asking someone to buy it for her instead of just buying it herself. I know you didn't recall the item that she asked you to buy, but did it seem like something with a high ticket price?
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