"I felt like I was a complete sucker..."

Here's the intro. to an article about a trio who scammed people out of over $400K on a GoFundMe page using the premise of helping a homeless veteran:

Kate McClure, Mark D’Amico, and drug-addicted homeless veteran, Johnny Bobbitt, were charged with theft by deception in November after they concocted a story that Bobbitt had given McClure his last $20 after her car ran out of fuel, which left her stranded on the side of I-95 in a dangerous Philadelphia neighborhood. McClure’s boyfriend set up a GoFundMe donation page based on that lie, and they got $402,000 in donations to help Bobbitt. The couple pilfered most of the money, which prompted the homeless man to sue them. It was only then that the lie unraveled, and the three were arrested. -GEG

 Be sure to watch the video of the news report on this on the linked page.
 
When values of morality are ignored, it has the potential to  turn on you, and often does.