This is a great video. Good job on the part of the reporters. This should not surprise anyone though. Sure, there are people who really need help but this is fraud. Because of the sign, this is fraud. Even by the hidden camera, this is fraud, she is lying. But she isn't the only one.

Right on TopMonkey. In some countries like South Africa the panhandlers were interviewed and refused jobs because they made more money working street corners. Nice.

I wonder if squeegee kids do as well? Perhaps now I can stop investing for retirement by selling bonsai trees.

When I was working as a bicycle courier, there was one courier, who at the end of the day, would do this.

I learned my lesson when I was about 15: felt sorry for this little gypsy kid that asked me for money to buy food, claiming he hasn't eaten anything in two days. As I was just going to the store, I told him to wait and bought him this freshly made huge rich sandwich. Needles to say, he threw it on me with the words: " I said MONEY, bi*ch!"
From then on, I only give money to people over 70 that really can't get a job and they don't look like alcoholics.

I usually ignore those people. My friend once gave one of them a condom..... I don't know why..

I saw a guy with a sign that said he needed money for beer...
I wonder how much he made?