I was the stranded at the gas station person once. When my parents gave me my car I was also given a credit card for gas. My parents were adamant that I leave the credit card in my glove box and not in my wallet. I, of course, thought this was a ridiculously stupid idea. I figured a credit card was safer in my wallet. So I was keeping it in there.
Well I had my car for about 1 week. I was just leaving school and forgot to grab my purse from my locker but I had my backpack with my keys in it and so didn't think anything of it.
Well apparently I had neglected to fill my tank up since receiving the car and I didn't realize that I had no gas.

I ran out of gas about midway between school and home. I soooo did not want to tell my parents what I did so I walked over to the nearet gas station and asked a couple of people if they could maybe spare a couple of bucks for gas and I would pay them back if they gave me their info. Thankfully, after the first three people said no, I saw a guy I knew from school. He drove me back to the school where I grabbed my purse and credit card. He had a gas can in his car and so I was able to drive my car into the station to get gas. I also filled up his tank to say thank you.
I know people get scammed but sometimes, just sometimes, there is a legitimate reason that someone could be asking for money. I now always keep the credit card in my glove box like I was told. And that was a little over a year ago. Lol