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.
She's still at it. June 15, 2015 at about 6:30pm near Metro Center.
Exact same thing happened to me. Bone cancer. Crying. She's a good actress. I'm out $200 that I don't have. She used the same name, Jennifer Hart. I'm really upset...was just trying to do the right thing. I will no longer give money to anyone on the street, ever. She's blown it for those in need.
This woman is incredible - she got me yesterday (8/9/15) at E and 13th. I like to think I'm a decently intelligent person, but it sounds like I've been the biggest sucker so far - she convinced me to give her $300 so she could get home to St. Charles, MD and go pick her daughter up from the elderly woman who was watching her. Same story - stage 2 bone cancer, just moved here from Atlanta to be close to her mom (who she said was a secret service agent), car towed after an accident on 14th street. The water works really got me. Will be filing a report today after work, though I'm sure this woman will never get caught.
I was walking down Pennsylvania Ave toward Metro Center. Same story...bone cancer, Atlanta, mother out of town, car accident. Needed to get to St. Charles MD. Got me for $120
Pentagon city, 7pm 02 November. Same exact story in some way as many of these posts. Went by Jennifer Hart. Had me at my heart strings and had already given me her contact info (hadn't given her any cash yet) but then I asked for the number of the day care to validate her story - disconnected. Didn't have any other (sure). The asked to see her ID from pentagon. Claimed she worked there. 'Left it in the car' that was towed. Right!!!! Too many holes so I walked away. Told her as much. Sorry for those that got scammed but if someone really wants your help don't be afraid to ask questions to confirm/validate story & Identity. Glad I did.
She got me too, last Saturday (11/28). I wish I would have found this message board before I gave her $120. She flagged me down at the corner of 14th Street and Jefferson Drive SW, near the Monument. She told me she'd been in a car accident, hit by an Uber, and her car was towed away but the police were unable to take her home because she lives across state lines, 2 hours away in Charles County. She said she had just moved to DC from Atlanta so she didn't know anyone, and her mom was out of town. She really laid it on thick telling me about her bone cancer and her 3 year old daughter at home, and she had a cane. She also told me all about her mom (a Capitol police officer) and her job at the American History Museum. She even had the audacity to make me promise to stop by her job for a tour! She was incredibly believable--tears and all. So believable, that I allowed her into my car so I could drive to the ATM to get the money she needed (I did pick up my mom on the way though, so I wouldn't leave a stranger in my car).
I knew there were some aspects of her story that were fishy: (1) I doubt the police would leave a person (especially with a cane) who had just been in an accident, (2) she was inconsistent on when she started at her job (she said it was her first day but she also talked about her coworkers as if she had known them longer, and she was wearing jeans), (3) first she said the taxi ride would be about $89, but then she gave a higher range and begged me to make sure she had enough and (4) I don't think there is actually a part of Charles County that is a full two hours away, which I mentioned to her but she retorted telling me that she lived on the far end of the county.
I was pretty disheartened when I found this message board and confirmed my worst suspicions. My boyfriend is from Georgia and he always tells me that Southerners are so much nicer than Northerners. I thought about that when she told me she was from Atlanta, and I tried to be nice to a stranger despite my doubts. I was on my way to pick up my mom and my grandmother downtown after buying toys for my Salvation Army Angel Tree child and I was feeling big-hearted and embracing the holiday spirit. I hate that she took advantage of my kindness and I have been really bothered about the whole thing since then. Back to my cold Northern ways.