It's a ploy. Someone on here once said they had once brought food to a stranger who posted something in their local Facebook group about having no food and no transportation, and when they got to their house, they saw multiple non-junk cars in their yard. When they asked about them, the woman said, "Oh that's our friends that just came by to see us! And my husband just got home from work, but he was too tired to go anywhere else." The Redditor then said, "I didn't want to be too petty, so I didn't say anything after that. But had me thinking you can't ask your friends or your own husband to come get this food for you, but you'll ask a complete stranger?"