Fantastic courage and engagement of the ladies to make this story public and prevent it from happening again. The moral is: the rational mind assists in decision making …. If a rich, or otherwise high net worth individual asks a stranger for money, something is seriously wrong here. Intuition and friends may also help in the decision making. Scammers are everywhere, they are in many cases trained in psychology and rethoric to achieve an objective and they are also psychopathic and have no relationship with how other people may feel. Scammers these days come through the front door, metaphorically speaking, and will tell you anything to collect money from you.