I had a woman try the gold ring scam on me in the west end. she swooped down picked the ring off of the pavement like she'd just found it then held it to me asking "gold? gold?" whilst pointing to a 'hallmark' I nodded and then continued walking at which point she blocked my path and showed me that it didnt fit her finger, and saying "lucky, lucky you buy"
she was bloody annoying and followed me all the way to my place of work calling "lady lady, lucky...you buy". The woman in question was I think Romanian, but not sure.
There are so many people trying to scam money in the West End it can be an assault course just walking a few hundred yards.