There is an Issur to give even a penny to someone that does not deserve it. It is gezaila because you are stealing it from the real ani.
If there is a rule in the town no matter if you like it or not, it can not be broken. If you don’t like the rule then leave. Todays genaration is like this because of all the people that don’t listen to rabannim.
All those other letters could have been a fraud and she knew if she went to the vaad they would have figured it out.