Originally Posted by markshir 
That's not true at all...
I know plenty of honest people that have been burned trying to help someone out - cheated out of money or goods and had their trust taken advantage of.
Sometimes people get conned even when what they are doing has no benefit to themselves.
I think we are having a fundamental disagreement on what the word "con-game" means. I'm using the classical definition of "confidence" game, where someone offers you something for nothing, i.e. "You just can't lose!" proposition. When that stereotypical "blue haired lady" gets her life savings drained in the Nigerian Scam, it is her greed that traps her, as much as the Scam itself.
Myself, I either donate money or goods, or I don't "help someone out". Most times, people get in trouble for the reason, and addressing the symptoms is asking for it.
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