Now, I feel bad for this guy, but damn...
Paul Malone, a retired Vietnam War veteran, said he was leaving a convenience store when a man with an accent approached him and told him a story about donating money to charity.
"He was going to give me $10,000, and I would take the rest of the $80,000 and place it in a charity to help the poor," Malone said.
The man then asked Malone to prove he could be trusted by showing he had his own money, so Malone said they went to a nearby bank.
"All I could think about was, 'This money's going to help a lot of people,'" Malone said.
You don't really have to think hard to figure out what happened. Oh, sure, he didn't fall for the scam 100%... he went to the bank and withdrew some money just to show the guy... but then the guy ended up pulling out a knife and got the money anyway.
Sad.
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