My wife got scammed yesterday.

[Adam West]

Not terrible....only $20 but still a pretty crummy thing to do. She was out running errands and a female knocked on her window as she was about to pull away. This person told her she her car was on the side of the road, she was from out of state, ran out of gas, has no money and could my wife give her some gas money. My wife did not have any cash on her but wanted to be a good samaritan so literally drove over to the bank, and withdrew $20 to give her. My wife said she didn't expect a ticker tape parade or anything but the woman basically took the money and barely wimpered a thank you. After that happened she googled it and saw this was a pretty typical scam. I told her "you live and you learn". Personally, I probably would have offered to drive the person over to the gas station, borrowed a couple of gas cans, filled them and drove her to her car (of course I might have been robbed at gun point). I guess the old saying "No good deed goes unpunished" has an element of truth to it.

[generic]

It's pretty sad that anytime a stranger tries to talk to me, I assume there's a scam involved before they even start talking.

Random Person, "Good Morning, nice weather today!"
Me, "Get away from me! I'm not giving you any money!"

[Cmonster]

I've noticed the amount of these little scams and just people straight out asking for money, have increased a lot where I live. It really bothers me...

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[megoapesnut]

I work downtown, and I am often asked for money. We had some guy walk in with a cane and ask for $5 so he could get a taxi to the hospital and then he did it at our sister company next door the next day. One guy walked up to me on the street and asked me if I would beat him up if he asked a question. I replied that I most certainly would not, and then he proceeded to ask me for a few dollars for coffee. Which he then used for cigarettes, no doubt.

[HardyGirl]

That really stinks! But don't worry, what goes around comes around. Because your wife was trying to be kind, something good will happen to her. And the couple running the scam...well y'know.

[BlackKnight]

I can't write what I say to people who Flat Out Ask me for Money.
With the little amount I have myself,... Sometimes I feel They have some Nerve ..., or perhaps I should start asking myself.

Don't get me wrong ...,
I will help a Complete Stranger with a Vehicle, or a Jump, or I have even changed Tires for Women, But when you see a guy on the same street corner for a week, Month or yr ..., You gotta wonder if he is even making an effort , and what his intake of hand outs actually total.

[toys2cool]

don't feel bad that already happened to me bro, twice actually but one time i think it was for real...some hot chick crying asks me to pull over...I asked what was wrong, she said her husband was looking for her and she needed to get away,I could hear the kids crying in the back...so i drove to the gas station where she followed me, i put $5 of gas which was what she asked for, she said thank you god bless me and drove away crying (that one hit me pretty hard cause my mom went thru that when i was a kid)

then the 2nd was some ghetto looking redneck with the same story you just posted, i only gave him $2 and drove away but i did a u-turn for some other reason and saw him walking away with no gas in his portable tank and 3 other guys laughing, i drove by and waved and the guy ran lol! I was like ok buddy, i'm not chasing your *** for $2

[Johnny]

I couldn't agree more. This type of thing must be stopped. In fact I am raising money to put together a task force to end this amoral behaviour.

Please send you cash donations to:

Johnny Wants To Go To Maui
PO BOX $$$$ Woohoo, Spriingfield.

I also accept money orders and paypal.

My name is Johnny and I approve this message.

[Meule]

That sucks man, but that's why I refuse to give my hard earned money to complete strangers

[toys2cool]

I couldn't agree more. This type of thing must be stopped. In fact I am raising money to put together a task force to end this amoral behaviour.

Please send you cash donations to:

Johnny Wants To Go To Maui
PO BOX $$$$ Woohoo, Spriingfield.

I also accept money orders and paypal.

My name is Johnny and I approve this message.

only the personal gift option or we pay the fee's right?

[BOTZWANA]

I live in Mexico and am an American. The Mexicans EXPECT you to give them money. I suppose for being here. I own the Monster Cafe and sure enough almost weekly people come in to ask for money. I tell them get out etc. I never hand money to anyone.

[johnmiic]

I gave some woman a Bus Token once when I was in High School because she was hitchhiking. I thought it probably wasn't safe to hitchhike and that made me give her the token. My buddy from H.S. was with me. Right after I gave her the token she went right back to hitchhiking. My buddy laughed at me for being nice and said something to the effect, " See, never give anybody anything, (a handout), because they are just screwing you over and if you give to them you're an idiot". He thinks he knows everything so whenever he hangs out with me if someone asks me for money I give them something right in front of him just to pizz him off.

[Cmonster]

whenever he hangs out with me if someone asks me for money I give them something right in front of him just to pizz him off.

That's what Buck would do... Right in front of Twiiki.

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[Hector]

I live in Mexico and am an American. The Mexicans EXPECT you to give them money. I suppose for being here. I own the Monster Cafe and sure enough almost weekly people come in to ask for money. I tell them get out etc. I never hand money to anyone.

You mention that every time you post...lol.

[Hector]

I don't hand out money.

What I do...is to offer them a meal.

However...they almost always refuse.

Once in a while, one will accept. Like this one time, an older man asked me for some change, I told him if he was hungry, he said yes, so we were near a Burger King, and bought him a Whopper meal, he was extremely grateful, it made me feel good.

On the other hand, I was at a taco truck with a friend, and this younger dude comes up to us and asks for some money because he was hungry, so since we were at a taco truck, I said I was going to buy him a plate of tacos, he looked at me in disgust, and walked away...yeah...he was hungry my butt...he wanted money to get his next rock fix for his crack pipe...loser.

No, I don't hand out money...even if the beg me for the typical "I need gas money, my car is stranded" bit...I was scammed many times in my younger days on that same 'ol tired cry me a river story...but now I know better...I'm a grizzled veteran now...lol.