Are there any surefire ways of telling a professional beggar apart from a genuine homeless person? - Quora
![Images show 'professional beggar change from brand new clothes into scruffy rags to plead for cash' - Mirror Online Images show 'professional beggar change from brand new clothes into scruffy rags to plead for cash' - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9938917.ece/ALTERNATES/n310p/Professional-Beggar.jpg)
Images show 'professional beggar change from brand new clothes into scruffy rags to plead for cash' - Mirror Online
![London's 'Romanian begging gang' exposed with 'homeless' people dropped off in a Mercedes, shoes stashed in side streets and beggars sharing crutches - MyLondon London's 'Romanian begging gang' exposed with 'homeless' people dropped off in a Mercedes, shoes stashed in side streets and beggars sharing crutches - MyLondon](https://i2-prod.mylondon.news/incoming/article26640610.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/1_FMA_MYL_09016.jpg)
London's 'Romanian begging gang' exposed with 'homeless' people dropped off in a Mercedes, shoes stashed in side streets and beggars sharing crutches - MyLondon
![Professional beggars” target the city, but police focus on those genuinely experiencing homelessness | CBD News Professional beggars” target the city, but police focus on those genuinely experiencing homelessness | CBD News](https://www.cbdnews.com.au/themes/user/site/cbdn/asset/img/general/_og-image/89_ProfessionalBegging.jpg)
Professional beggars” target the city, but police focus on those genuinely experiencing homelessness | CBD News
![How professional beggars who AREN'T homeless are increasingly targeting shoppers for drink and drug cash - Mirror Online How professional beggars who AREN'T homeless are increasingly targeting shoppers for drink and drug cash - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9986148.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Poverty.jpg)
How professional beggars who AREN'T homeless are increasingly targeting shoppers for drink and drug cash - Mirror Online
![Professional beggar's fierce 10-word defence over why he begs without being homeless - Birmingham Live Professional beggar's fierce 10-word defence over why he begs without being homeless - Birmingham Live](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/UIED3NTX/poster.jpg)
Professional beggar's fierce 10-word defence over why he begs without being homeless - Birmingham Live
![The beggar on £50,000 a year... not to mention living in a £300,000 flat at taxpayers' expense while pretending to be 'hungry and homeless' (no wonder his middle-class parents are mortified) The beggar on £50,000 a year... not to mention living in a £300,000 flat at taxpayers' expense while pretending to be 'hungry and homeless' (no wonder his middle-class parents are mortified)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/06/14/article-2341956-1A4C0F07000005DC-331_306x514.jpg)
The beggar on £50,000 a year... not to mention living in a £300,000 flat at taxpayers' expense while pretending to be 'hungry and homeless' (no wonder his middle-class parents are mortified)
![Stop giving money to 'professional' traffic light beggars, says GMP top cop - Manchester Evening News Stop giving money to 'professional' traffic light beggars, says GMP top cop - Manchester Evening News](https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article25539892.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Traffic-light-beggar.jpg)