Quote Originally Posted by Lobodeb
But, there are scammers out there trying to make a quick buck who ruin it for people who really need help and sadly, I'll never know.
This is exactly why I won't help anyone unless I know them. I know that is bad when someone is in true need of help (if anything I'd call AAA for them or something, but no money leaves my pocket). Who is to say that the guy was lying and only wanted a few bucks for drugs or alcohol or sex?

Who is to say that he IS a bad man (no matter what color he is) and would have tried something once he did get 'help'?

A simple "excuse me" would have worked just fine. He was nicely dressed and had a pretty fancy cell phone that he was waving around. There wasn't much he needed from me that I could give him based on his appearance.
Yeah, scammer. He could have called people on his cell phone in order to get help instead of coming up to someone in a car at a light. He gets your money, you realize you have been had, light goes green, horns honk, you are obligated to move, if you go around to find him he's gone like THAT.

If anything, I'd have gone and bought a gallon or two of gas and come back to see where he was 'stranded'.

Good job.