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SilverElfin 18 hours ago

In some American cities I’ve noticed a lot of seemingly homeless women with kids standing on street corners, that are actually Romanian scammers (“gypsies”). People have caught them drugging their babies to make them compliant with sitting under the hot sun all day. And at the end of the day they climb into a Benz because they aren’t actually in need. It really sucks for the people who are truly in need.

1718627440 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

These are really common in Germany as well. It is often the same people in the same places and they have business hours, coffee breaks and shift rotations.

KingMob 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> at the end of the day they climb into a Benz

I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $200, Alex.

Loughla 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is an urban legend in every city I've ever lived in.

And he stood up out of the wheelchair and walked to his Mercedes and drove away and that's why I never give to homeless people (or formal charities).

lambdaone 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sadly such things do happen:

https://metro.co.uk/2017/02/20/gang-of-beggars-pictured-gett...

I look forward to you donating that $200 to a homeless charity, KingMob.

rationalist 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can't attest to the other parts, but I can attest to the nice cars part.

astura 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It has happened.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CynYgP8PcWc