A couple of weeks ago whilst entering the bus station in Sheffield a young woman stopped me, looking somewhat forelorn, disheveled, dirty.
'excuse me.' she said, her voice close to braking, a tear inb her eyes. 'I have lost my purse and have no money to get home. could you help me out please?'
I have always been a sucker for a sob story, i hate to see people in trouble and feel it my public duty to assist. the way i see it is, if it were me in trouble i would like to think that somebody would be there to help me out. Now the problem is, I am not made of money, and infact, our family business is jnot doing so well at the moment, and i am not even taking out a propper wage at present, even though i have a mortgage, council tax and all the utility bills to pay. 
'how much do you need?' I asked.
she thought about it for a while, and said, 'five should do it.'
I handed her a five pound note, and for my bus thinking that i had done my good deed for the day, and gave it no more thought.
Last night, I was in the bus station and from behind me i heard a voice,
'excuse me. could yopu spare some change, i've lost my purse and cant get home'.
Yes, it was her. You would think, if you were going to try what is nmow obvious to me a con trick you would be sure not to try it on the same person twice in less than a month, or do i have 'Mug' written on my face?
So what happens now when a genuine person asks for my help and i just turn away for fear of being conned?
yogesh
You'll found such type of person everywhere. I also faced such type of situation couple of times.