For this scam, there are 3 ways to do it.
1. Say It's your birthday and ask for gifts.
2. Say your poor and ask for gifts
3. Say send me items to make me look funny.
4. Ask for items because your new.
For the first one, no one knows it is their birthday, and it's very likely it's not. Some users do this e very day.
For the second one, check their den, tradelist, pets, animal amount, and achivements. If they have items in their den, they are not poor. If they have rares or expensive stuff on their list, they are not poor. If they have alot of pets, they are not poor. If they have alot of animals, they are not poor. If they have alot of gem achivements earned/spent, they are not poor. If they are a member, they are not poor.
For the third one, do not send them anything expensive or rare.
For then forth one, check if they are a member or how many achivements they have. If they are a member, they are not new. If they have more then 15 achivements, they are not new.