Context: I was driving back from work and I saw this guy on the side of the road waving his hands and I stopped by to ask if there was anything I could do to help. The man asked me if I could help him fill up his car since he only had 3 miles left in the tank, and the first thing he did was offer me his gold ring as compensation. I thought I could lend a hand so he followed me to the nearest gas station where I filled up his tank. While filling up his tank he told me that he needed to get to California and that he was driving a rental and he needed money, around $500 for fuel and food to get there because his cards didn’t work in the US. He showed me his daughter, who was pleading as well, and his baby with his brother in the front seat and that he barely had any money to even buy formula for his baby. He pulled off his gold chain and a ring he said both were $5,000 and again I asked him if he had this much money why couldn’t he just trade them for cash, which I instant gave back because I just wanted to do something good, and he said that Americans wouldn’t be willing to work with him because he’s Arabic. VERY reluctantly my heart gave in because I hate seeing children in need. And I went to the nearest ATM and gave him $400 for he needed for his travels. What gets to me is how he sped off even before I could get to my car, and now that I’m typing this out I feel like I just definitely got scammed.

Update: I’ve read all your comments and as honest as they were I needed them. Thank you everyone for your words, I’ll try not to make this situation make me bitter on helping people who ACTUALLY need help. Just the next time not being such a dumbass about it