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MLeake · November 6, 2009, 05:34 PM

... but I've run into at least a couple dozen guys who "just need a few dollars to get enough gas to get home."

It's a common scam.

I tell them sorry, can't help. I've seen a few too many of these guys who get their few dollars, then pull the same stunt at the gas station a block down the road.

I prefer to exercise my charitable impulses with charities that I can research and verify, than with people who are more likely than not going to be scammers.

November 6, 2009, 05:34 PM	#2
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	May sound callous... ... but I've run into at least a couple dozen guys who "just need a few dollars to get enough gas to get home." It's a common scam. I tell them sorry, can't help. I've seen a few too many of these guys who get their few dollars, then pull the same stunt at the gas station a block down the road. I prefer to exercise my charitable impulses with charities that I can research and verify, than with people who are more likely than not going to be scammers.