Would this make you uneasy?

[Anonymous]

We have a lovely ap who's only been here for 2 weeks. She's independent and sociable. Last weekend, she was in the Barnes and Nobles at Mosaic by herself when 2 young women approached her. They complimented her clothes and eye glasses, asked where she'd gotten them, and then chatted away. They all exchanged phone numbers and even made plans to meet up for lunch next week. She told me about it and said she believed they are really nice people. I said as long as you meet up in a public place it's probably ok.

Then last night we all went to Mosaic again and AP was hanging out at Target alone. Once again, another young woman approached her and paid her similar compliments on her clothes and eye glass frame, and they chatted for a while before exchanging phone numbers. At this point, I'm really starting to feel uncomfortable. My scam radar is going off. Is that how young people meet others these days? The similarities in their approaches are what really concerns me. I means I think our AP is nicely dressed for an early 20s woman, but to elicit this level of reaction from total strangers? My instinct is telling me something is off. At the same time, she's really happy to be meeting people and I don't want to stifle that.

Have you heard of anything like this? Am i over reacting?

[Anonymous]

Any chance she is just making that up for attention ? That sounds really random to happen twice in so a short time!

[Anonymous]

I ask this as a Christian . . . any chance the women are religious? What were the women wearing? If long skirts I would think Jehovah's Witnesses.

[Anonymous]

Amway?

[Anonymous]

Trafficking ring or religious missionary?

[Anonymous]

I would be concerned too. Tell her not to give them any personal info and not to go anywhere with them. I would encourage her to block their numbers from her phone, or block them from calling hers if thats doable.

[Anonymous]

Sex trafficking

[Anonymous]

Huge red flags.

I'd report the suspicious activity.

[Anonymous]

As someone in my early 20s, this is NOT how we make friends. Sounds like either a Jehovah’s Witness (who, in my experience, don’t approach you in public. They just knock on your doors or set up info stands), a pyramid scheme, or sex trafficking. If anything like that happened to me, I would not give them any contact information and I’d probably go so far as to ask a security guard to walk me to my car in case it’s the worst possible scenario. It’s probably just someone selling makeup or essential oils on social media, but she should stay vigilant.

[Anonymous]

I'd tell her to stick to making au pair or neighborhood friends. Kind of sad, but this is the world we live in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huge red flags.

I'd report the suspicious activity.

Report to who?

[Anonymous]

Yes. This is either a cult or an MLM trying to recruit someone who seems to be vulnerable. Someone approached my friend's sister this way when she was in this country going to college for the first time, and was homesick and lonely. It turned out to be a cult and it took quite some time and resources for her family to extricate her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any chance she is just making that up for attention ? That sounds really random to happen twice in so a short time!

Either this or they might be part of a sex trafficking ring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huge red flags.

I'd report the suspicious activity.

Report to who?

Whom.