Here’s another thought about giving money to random strangers: Is zedaka a din in the cheftza or in the gavra? If it’s a din in the gavra, I.E. I am commanded to give zedaka, then I have fulfilled my requirement with the donation. If the recipient is a fraud, that’s his avla. On the other hand, if zedaka is a din in the cheftza, I.E. the donation is mammon shel Hegdesh, the donor is responsible, as an apitropos of Hegdesh, to ascertain that the recipient is legitimate.
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