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When people talk about living life to the fullest and having independent, solo experiences, they often reference the importance of traveling internationally to experience more of the world.

But in the midst of describing the wonders of traveling in another country, they fail to detail the things that could go wrong, or how a local might try to scam an unknowing and unprepared tourist.

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The satisfaction of knowing we helped out someone's situation, no matter how big or small, has a way of making us feel better about ourselves.

That is until we discover what exactly we were "helping" with.

Be it an internet scammer or a dishonest friend, sometimes we find that our money or time might not have gone to the cause we expected it to.

Or was donated under false pretenses...

These experiences can be so frustrating, that it can actually cause some people to stop helping others ever again.

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