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[quote=Anonymous]OP I’m sorry but this person seems like a seasoned manipulator/ scammer/ user.

First he asks for money for surgery/health/inability to work. You don’t respond.
Second, he responds not to worry, someone else is helping him. 
Third, this friend falls through and now he has an urgent (cell phone disconnection) need and needs a small sum.

This is a really standard con pattern. Ask and when the person is wary, quickly regain trust and hopefully make them feel a little guilty for thinking it was a scam. Next ask has an immediate need to reduce the time the con target has to consider it. Hopefully, the person still feels guilty from not responding to the first request. Make it a smaller request so there is less second guessing. The goal is to get you to give him something. This makes it far more likely you’ll give more later on.

It’s also possible that this new casual family relationship that he started with you was with the intent to get money from you, especially with the pattern above. [/quote]

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