In Reply to: Pleas for Help are they Genuine? posted by Mohiene on Monday, 28. July 2014 at 06:38 Bali Time:
...if you can accept you may be being scammed and you can spare the money.
If you found out you had been lied to how would you cope with it? If you can laugh it off then go for it. If you found out that someone you trusted (and thought you had a good friendship with) lied to you to get money out of you would it put a shadow over years of good memories, or hurt your heart? If so, then don't take that step.
I have been burnt and now choose how I help Balinese friends with clothes and secure sponsorship, not handouts.