If anyone truely needs a hand and I am able, I will give with no reserve and no expectations. If I am being conned, it’s nice to pick up on it and act accordingly.
To list the specifics of my helping strangers would take a book. My last major helping hand was to build a wheelchair ramp into a elderly ladies house that I had never met. The last time I assisted a stranger was the last time I was in town, it’s second nature and expected in this part of the world.
It would be sad to live in the “city” and need help. I feel for anyone who does.
If you city folk all just carried a 44 magnum like we country folk do, when you tried to help and got screwed, you could just blow the a**hole away, that would help. Pretty soon, no scams. Someone cries for help, they would be sincere.