[US] In Person Fake Check Scam

This happened in manhattan but I can see it happening everywhere. This guy in front of a bank approaches you as you walk by. He explains it’s his daughter’s birthday and he’s trying to deposit a check so he can get her a birthday present and also he has to get back to work (it was 10 pm at night when it happened to me). But his account is not accepting it so he was wondering if you could deposit the check in your account and give him the money. He’ll give u X amount of money for your help. Pretty standard fake check scam.

He also was wearing a yellow vest, which he pointed to when he said he had to go back to work, but you can get these vests anywhere for cheap.

Since this is in-person though, he acts really put out and frustrated when you say you can’t do it. He’ll keep pressuring. I can’t fight, so I didn’t call him out and was just like « I can’t do that.. sorry :(«