Jennifer Hart, or whatever her name is, is back. She got me at 15th and K St NW. Car accident, moved from Atlanta, has cancer, needs cab fare to get back to Charles County, MD to pick up her daughter from daycare. Cries and shakes and tells you she'll get you money back next day. Feel like an idiot. I should know better. If you get caught, call the MPD Financial Crimes Unit at (202) 727-4159.
"Jennifer Hart" is maybe late 40's, heavy set (size 18 to 20), perhaps 5'6" tall. Hair is pulled up onto head in a chignon, and she is using a cane at this point. If she approaches, tell her you will help her find a police office. Don't get suckered like me.
The same thing has happened to me. The woman was named Jessica, told me her mother had a stroke coming to pick her up downtown in Washington, DC, and asked me for $150 to get a cab ride to get home since her mother could not drive. I will report this to the DC police. She gave me the same number and told me she was on her first day at the Dept. of Transportation. I hope she gets caught.
I was scammed by this woman last evening - 13th December. I was in a traffic jam at Freedom Plaza when she flagged down my car and said that her name was Jessica, had just been in a traffic accident and police had towed her car away. She needed $200 for a cab ride to her home in La Plata, MD. She was crying and had no friends here because she had just moved to DC from Atlanta. Her mother was in the police but was out of town for a training course. I believed her and gave her $90. Unfortunately, I will now not believe anyone who might genuinely need help.