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Via iStockphoto \/ @calliiminorr TikTok\/Tech Daily oUnsplash<\/a><\/p>\n What started as a harmless photo at a spring game turned into something no college student should ever have to deal with.<\/p>\n An Alabama cheerleader\u2019s TikTok about a stranger who offered her money out of nowhere\u2014and what happened next\u2014has racked up nearly 250,000 views.<\/p>\n It Started With A Picture<\/p>\n In a viral video with more than 249,000 views, Alabama cheerleader Calli Minor (@calliiminorr) tells the story while getting ready for a basketball game.<\/p>\n Minor explains that it started her freshman year at a spring game. A guy asked to take a picture with her, and she said yes. Normal enough interaction for a cheerleader. But then he direct messaged her the photo on Instagram and tacked something on at the end: Let me know if you need any money.<\/p>\n \u201cDisclaimer: I\u2019ve fully learned my lesson to not accept money from strangers,\u201d she says. \u201cBut at the time I had sent him my Venmo<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n She\u2019s quick to clarify she never sent him anything in return, no pictures, nothing. He\u2019d just text her weekly, asking if she needed money.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, I was a college student,\u201d she says, though she admits her parents were already giving her money and she didn\u2019t really need more. It went on like that for a while until her mom found the Venmo payment notifications in her email.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was like, \u2018Who is this person sending you money?’\u201d Minor recalls. Her mom told her to stop accepting it immediately. She blocked him on Venmo. That was April going into June, end of story, she thought.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n By her sophomore year in September, she says he was sending her Venmo requests for a dollar, just to try to get her attention. She says he would send messages like: Are you going to be at this game? Are you going to be here?<\/p>\n She says she blocked him again. And then came October.<\/p>\n Scary Encounter<\/p>\n Minor was at the cheer tailgate tent before a game with her mom and her aunt when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around.<\/p>\n \u201cSure enough, it\u2019s the guy who sent me a bunch of money,\u201d she says. \u201cHe proceeds to be like, \u2018Don\u2019t you remember me?\u2019 And I was, like, literally so taken aback by him being there, because he\u2019s not even from Alabama.\u201d<\/p>\n She says she told him he had to leave. He walked away, per Minor. But she recalls that she was shaking.<\/p>\n \u201cI start crying, and my mom\u2019s like, \u2018What\u2019s wrong?’\u201d she says. She says she had to decide whether to tell her mom this was the same guy she\u2019d been warned about.<\/p>\n It got worse. When the team went to warm up inside the stadium, hours before the game, barely anyone else around, she says he was standing at the gate. Staring at her.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was just like, locking eyes with me,\u201d she says. \u201cNobody was in the stadium really at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n She says she went back to the locker room in tears. Her coach heard her out and told her if she saw him when she got back out, to tell a security guard and point him out. She did.<\/p>\n \u201cHe fully saw me point at him,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd then the security guard went and got him. And I watched him get dragged out of the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n Later that night, the security guard was able to investigate further and speak with him directly. She reported back that something seemed seriously wrong with him.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018I asked him if he had been stalking you,’\u201d she recounts the security guard telling her. \u201c\u2018And he admitted to stalking you.’\u201d<\/p>\n Alabama\u2019s response was immediate. She says security was posted at the gate. Police escorted Minor home. She says they walked her all the way to her room and stayed outside her apartment overnight. They called to check in on her for the next several weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cAlabama did a really good job handling it,\u201d she says. \u201cAs soon as I was uncomfortable, they got rid of the person and made sure I was safe.\u201d<\/p>\n She ends the video with a straightforward warning: \u201cMoral of the story, don\u2019t accept money from people that you do not know. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. I hope everybody can learn from my mistakes. Stay safe, guys.\u201d<\/p>\n What The Numbers Say<\/p>\n Minor\u2019s experience is more common than most people realize, and college students are among the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n