beware of con masters

Think of some one as real cynic and tight with money, but one day a deaf woman came to his door and asked for money to get her deaf netball team to the national finals. Next day he read in the paper that she had (to the police's knowledge) successfully and fraudulently scammed over $500 per week with this trick for the previous 6 weeks. Normally (well, now anyhow), he would check for her organisation's credentials (is it well known, does she have a properly printed receipt book), but he was just struck how someone who faced communication difficulties had more gumption than him (social anxiety) to go door to door seeking cash to follow a dream.