Man pulls gas scam on good Samaritans

Three strikes your OUT!! Stupid what people will do for free !!!!I'm glad he was caught....

not condoning it at all-but times are hard and sometimes good people will go to extreme measures-anyway was wrong -.

the guy was wanted on outstanding warrants, hardly a good guy.

well; you have to do what you have to do its hard times most pepole cnt offord gas blame the goverment for this mess.

Well, someone could have given him a sugar mixture.

Purple Gurl wrote:

Well, someone could have given him a sugar mixture.

You're bad!

My Lincoln was out of gas and I wanted to go to the Ft Worth Stockyards for my weekly 24 oz Ribeye. Rare, thank you.

xxxxxx wrote:

well; you have to do what you have to do its hard times most pepole cnt offord gas blame the goverment for this mess.

Hello! The driver of the Cadillac was a con man.

Wake up..........duh.

I have a kind heart, i was fillin up my car at a gas stn and was approached by a man saying he needed gas but had no money, out of towner and such, I told him to bring his car around and i would put gas in it for him, he says oh no can you just give me the money and i'll do it, about that time a hwy patrol officer comes up asking whats going on i tell the officer the story and he says, this guys been doing this for weeks preying on honest people. He tells they guy to leave or face arrest. The guy did seem he wanted cash vs gas

deparate times we live in. They didn't say whether he had any money on him. If he did not, and was a long way from home. depending on the type of car he has, 4 gallons would not get him very far.

all i can say is take advatge of it and stick it to the man con man or not .i would do the same thing they allready stealing gas from cars ...so let him have his free gas ..!!

I got ten free boat rides after I waded out onto a sandbar and yelled at passing boats that I was a diabetic and needed my insulin.

awwwww,,,,thats so sad, good people want to be good and helpful , and be there for their fellow man, and then they get scammed. its a shame,

no name wrote:

all i can say is take advatge of it and stick it to the man con man or not .i would do the same thing they allready stealing gas from cars ...so let him have his free gas ..!!

Or go to jail. They don't need gas in there.

Jeffrey wrote:

<quoted text> You're bad!

Oh, I have a number of vigilante solutions to things in mind.

Jayne wrote:

I have a kind heart, i was fillin up my car at a gas stn and was approached by a man saying he needed gas but had no money, out of towner and such, I told him to bring his car around and i would put gas in it for him, he says oh no can you just give me the money and i'll do it, about that time a hwy patrol officer comes up asking whats going on i tell the officer the story and he says, this guys been doing this for weeks preying on honest people. He tells they guy to leave or face arrest. The guy did seem he wanted cash vs gas

I love how people like you actually believe that there's still good in people. It quite laughable.
No wonder people like you get taken, I would've told that person to get lost, or "sorry, just used my last $20". Don't be so gullible.

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS wrote:

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I love how people like you actually believe that there's still good in people. It quite laughable.
No wonder people like you get taken, I would've told that person to get lost, or "sorry, just used my last $20". Don't be so gullible.

I still believe there is good in *some* people. I just cannot tell who they are. I hope my fellow posters have good in them. But do we truly know anyone? Do we even know ourselves? Part of not knowing ourselves come from not wanting to look at our weaknesses or admit they are there. I know if I was starving to death, I would steal to survive.

A study was done on stealing employees. Out of 10 people, one is a hard core thief who will take anything not nailed down. Two would never steal if their life depended on it. The other seven are generally "honest," but if they were down on their luck, they would do whatever it takes and look out for number one. The ways to keep the seven honest are to let them see honesty from the top, not leave any temptations around, and make examples of those who are caught (ie., don't make under the table repay deals, but prosecute). As for the really bad apple, well, there is not much to do other than do dilligent background checks, and come down hard the first time they are caught.

A similar trick has been worked here. You drive onto the motorway and "break down" . You call the AA or another breakdown service, and they take you and the car to your destination. All Free! Just make sure the "Fault" can't be fixed at the roadside.

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS wrote:

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I love how people like you actually believe that there's still good in people. It quite laughable.
No wonder people like you get taken, I would've told that person to get lost, or "sorry, just used my last $20". Don't be so gullible.

So cynical. Must be hard to live your way, always thinking everyone is out to get you. tsk,tsk

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS wrote:

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I love how people like you actually believe that there's still good in people. It quite laughable.
No wonder people like you get taken, I would've told that person to get lost, or "sorry, just used my last $20". Don't be so gullible.

I'm certain Jayne gained much more in real value than what she might have lost in the cost of the gasoline.

I was just a boy when my mom left the car unlocked with a bag full of groceries on the seat. When I pointed it out to her she said, "if someone needs those groceries bad enough to steal them, they can have them."

It's important not to confuse wealth with money.