INDIANAPOLIS -- An offer of a free meal from a man who says he works at an upscale Indianapolis steakhouse has the restaurant chain fielding dozens of calls.

A man has reportedly been stopping people in Indianapolis-area parking lots and asking them for money to get a locksmith after claiming to have locked his keys in his car while changing a flat tire, Call 6's Rafael Sanchez reported. In exchange, the man promises to give the person a free meal at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, where he claims he works as a manager.

The man gives the name of Matt Bauer, the name of a real manager at Ruth's Chris. Bauer said Wednesday that the person out asking for money isn't him. Instead, over the past three weeks, he's taken close to 100 calls from people asking about their free meal.

"So he is definitely going out with a premeditated story to take advantage, as you said, of people's good nature," Bauer said.

People have reported being approached in parking lots near 96th and Meridian streets and 82nd Street and Allisonville Road. The victims told police they'd given the man anywhere from $14 to $40.

Bauer said he's fed up with the scam artist using his name and soiling the reputation of the restaurant where he works.

"I do want it to stop. I want the community to be safe. I want them to spend their dollars on what they need to be spending their money on and not perpetuating this gentleman out there defrauding the community," he said.

The man has also used the name of Michael Moore. He is described as a well-dressed white man with very blue eyes. He was last seen in the Fountain Square area Tuesday night.