(Could you maybe cycle to the nearest public transport? Get a shit second hand bike to do that so it isn't too bad / more unlikely to get stolen, when you park it a the station.)
For me that word has negative connotations, not quite a scammer but someone who is not doing honest work but doing some kind of capitalist bs that is only good for themselves, very likely on the expense of others, so I wouldn't (want to) know.
get rekt.