How Much Are You Willing To Help A 'Needy' Stranger?

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We live in a tiny world and meeting with someone more than once in life is not a strange thing. However, it might turn strange if you helped someone outer a tight corner once and you find yourself helping him out one more or endlessly times later as fate would call it. Well, there is one person whom I met last December, a few days to Christmas. The guys explained to me that he just lost his money and other valuables in a robbery incident and that he needed my help. Since he was a stranger, I did give him some cash and left. Yesterday, we happened to meet again in another spot while I was going around my business. Oops! The stranger approached me and called for my attention. Ofcourse I recognized him at once. The guy was like, due to economic downstream in my country, he lost his properties to auctioneers after failing to pay up the loan from the Bank. He said he was paying well until his family member was diagnosed with cancer and that the situation became worse after public health doctors downed their tools about three months ago. He explained his financial situation, his family and the reason he was raising funds to cater for both--- medical bills and family needs. Obviously, I was touched! To verify my doubts, I had to ask him about our previous meeting because the two stories were like sky and earth—no relation whatsoever. Anyway, he was confused without a word to counter my simple question. But he tried to explain his need to lure me back to my easy sympathy spot but it was already too late. He thanked me and walked away. How was I to tell if this guy was a genuine person in need of money or a conman in hunt for easy cash? I just wonder how some easy it is to lie about diseases in the family while they know very well that all is for money. Damned crazy earth!