Professional Beggars...??

Reply #24

PlayToWin47 — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:17:36 GMT

I had a friend a few years back that knew one of these professional beggars... The friend said that he would beg during the warm months, then vacation in Bermuda during the winter months.

Reply #23

helpmewin — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:38:44 GMT

i didn't even see that

Reply #22

BuyLow — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:31:01 GMT

You posted at 222, I am into numbers, lol

Reply #21

helpmewin — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:22:47 GMT

i guess i must have missed what yall are talking about what happen

Reply #20

helpmewin — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:29:13 GMT

i hope someone is From LP is the WINNER

Reply #19

Ronnie316 — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:26:31 GMT

You are a winner. You will b D Big MM JP winner.

Reply #18

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:22:42 GMT

I saw that same episode on TLCML I believe it was the man that won the Powerball in New Mexico.

Reply #17

helpmewin — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:12:09 GMT

that totally freaked me out

Reply #16

helpmewin — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:11:20 GMT

Reply #15

Ronnie316 — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:10:10 GMT

Reply #14

helpmewin — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:09:58 GMT

it's not nice to say

Reply #13

helpmewin — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:09:01 GMT

Reply #12

Ronnie316 — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:02:57 GMT

By any other name a nut is still a nut. I like nuts.

Reply #11

Ronnie316 — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:01:45 GMT

I think I would enjoy becoming a professional at saying NO.

Reply #10

joshuacloak — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:43:41 GMT

we live in world where, majority of people who vote, vote in people who Will steal other people's money, to pay for stuff they the voters want

its theft on grand scale, they just think people Owe them a living, god forbid they work hard for 100% of what they have, no sir,

now add in someone who didn't earn that Money, like lottery winners and ofc u have beggars all around the lifes of lottery winners

its mentel heath issue of some people in human race is evil and heartless when it come... [ More ]

Reply #9

whiteballz — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:15:18 GMT

just as long as they are professional. I hate amateurs.

Reply #8

hearsetrax — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:01:50 GMT

T'was New Mexico and the guy as I vaguely recall had some kind of repair shop

beggars

Reply #7

noise-gate — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:32:42 GMT

Well here is a story that can make us all feel good Coin Toss.

Single mother's simple error earns her $14 million lottery prize

Published May 05, 2013

FoxNews.com

At the intersection of Fate and Lotto, Thuan Le made a very fortunate error.

The California single mother of four is thanking her lucky stars after mistakenly slipping an extra dollar into the self-service Lotto machine at her local CVS store in Mission Viejo.

That superfluous dollar wound up getting Le the SuperLot... [ More ]

Reply #6

Coin Toss — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:22:39 GMT

rdgrnr,

I think the guy showing the sack of mail was either David Lee Edwards or the jp winner in NM that had the former employee vandalize his shop.

Whichever one it was said they had asked the post office not to deliver it and the post office said if they knew where he was they had to deliver it and a lot of the mail was simply addressed to:

Lottery winner

Florida

(Or NM)

So I guess it doesn't matter if they know your exact address or not as far as such mail getting to you.... [ More ]

Reply #5

gogidolim — Mon, 06 May 2013 03:07:21 GMT

The real problem is that they are nutcases and don't know how to use the money. That's how they build up the stack under their bed.

Reply #4

noise-gate — Mon, 06 May 2013 02:03:15 GMT

I agree with Ridge here..if you can get professional mourners at grave sides, why not these characters.They have been known to ask the person hiring them Did we perform to your satisfaction? .

Signed: The Damascus Mourners.

Reply #3

rdgrnr — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:44:58 GMT

It seems every lottery jackpot winner whose identity is known complains of the deluge of mail they get from people begging for money for their own personal crisis .

I remember seeing a lottery winner on tv (might have been TLCML) showing a duffle bag full of mail and saying he gets piles of it everyday.

I would have to surmise that these people don't just pick out one person to do this to but rather every winner whose address they can get.

And for all we know, it may be a lucrative ende... [ More ]

Reply #2

onlymoney — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:39:33 GMT

I haven't sought out the data on lottery beggars, but have read many articles of supposed homeless folk who make a nice living begging in general. Some of them have been known to have nice stacks under their bed.

So if that's possible, I'd have to imagine lottery begggars are possible too.

Reply #1

helpmewin — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:36:04 GMT

this reminds me of a story i read the other day about a homeless guy winning on the lottery he went back to his homeless place and gave his homeless buddys all $100.00 each

said he was gonna buy his self a new tent guess they really don't ask for much

so point being why not help a fellow out sometimes

Professional Beggars...??

BuyLow — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:29:02 GMT

The other day Rdgrnr said, Probably the professional beggars who prey on lottery winners, in response to a question in another thread.

My question is this, are there really professional beggars who target every large lottery winner in the country? If so, how much do you think they make per year doing it? How can Lottery winners thwart them in the first place