Yesterday I had a very strange experience. I was taking the kids to breakfast at the Bob Evans in Chapel Hill and just getting out of the minivan, when a grey-haired & harried but well-groomed gentleman approached me and asked if I had any jumper cables. He was holding an empty gas container and had a child (presumably his son) with him, who appeared to be about 10. I told him “sorry, no jumper cables”, and then he asked me for directions the nearest service station. He seemed distraught but not threatening, crazy, drunk, or high. He said he was late for a meeting with “his boss” at the Social Services building, which was a few miles away. Eager to help a stranger and set a good example for my kids, I offered him a ride.

Once in the car, the man started issuing a laundry list of his woes. His house had recently burned down, and his insurance company was delaying payment of his claim. His wife had also recently undergone a double-mastectomy. He just kept saying “thank you Lord” over and over and seemed incredibly grateful for the ride. He said he and his son had been walking for miles that day. Hey kept telling his son, “See son – I told you if we kept on praying, someone would help!”

When we arrived at the Social Services building, it was closed and completely deserted. The man nearly began to cry. He asked to speak to me outside so his son wouldn’t hear him begging me for money. I gave him a few bucks and wished him good luck, got in the car, and drove off.

On my way back to the Bob Evans, I realized I had probably just done a very stupid thing, putting my family at risk and wasting my charity on a guy who was probably just scamming people, and using a child as a “prop” no less. I called the Chapel Hill police dept. (non-emergency number), and got an answering machine. I left the information about the incident and said that the man either needed help or to be arrested. I didn’t get a call back.

Today I feel a mixture of shame and pride in my actions. This isn’t the first time I’ve fallen victim to this sort of scam – a similar thing happened back in San Rafael shortly after Katrina – a man approached me at Whole Foods and convinced me he was raising money for a group of relocated kids he was caring for. He had a bunch of photos and some fairly convincing documentation. The same man approached me for money a few weeks later at a gas station, this time without the Katrina sob story.

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