Scammers scams me at a gas station, so I set him up in a sting operation.

Here's what happened.

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One night, I was on my way home from work and needed to stop at a gas station.

This gas station was right off a very busy, told interstate highway and had an attached

convenience store, as most do. It was dark out when I pulled up. I started pumping my gas and was

headed to the store when another customer stomped me. His truck was at the pump across from me.

He went on a sob story about how he just got a ticket and not having money to pay the

tolls. Being completely out of gas and needing to get home since he accidentally took all of his

infant son formula with him when he left. There was a woman with him looking through a diaper bag

while he related his tale of woe. And right when he mentions the formula, she yells,

yeah, all the formula is in here. What were we thinking? We really need to get back.

She said her wallet should be in the bag somewhere, but after dumping the contents inside the truck

cabin, she lamented that it wasn't there. So yeah, obviously they were looking for me to give

them money. For some stupid reason, I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt. I go into the

store, take out $20 from the ATM and give it to them. In retrospect, this was such a textbook example

of a stranded driver scam, but I guess I was really naive. But then instead of just thanking me for

the money, this brazen jerk responds, thanks, but we really need another 20 to make it home.

Anyway, you could get any more. He also promised he'd mail the money back to me if I gave him my

name, address and phone number. At that point, I began to regret giving him anything as all the red

flags are registering in my mind at once. Both of these people were very unhygienic, greasy hair,

very poor teeth, and dirty clothes. The man's pupils were dilated a lot more than would be

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