The most common type of trickster in Budapest must be the guys who stop people in railway main stations, and claim that they were robbed upon arrival, and need money to travel home/pay the rent for a day/whatever. I must have waved off dozens before. But with this one, the appearance seemed to fit the story (poor guy from the countryside coming to work in the capital as a cook) and he had many details, so I saw a 50% chance that this guy is genuine... but he didn't appear to give my money back at 2pm today.

Whatever... I only lost the equivalent of €20 (about the price of the umbrella I also lost this week).

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}