Well dressed beggars in casinos. Old or new Scam?

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Very old scam. We had this happen to us many years ago at the Mirage. We were playing the $1 horoscope machines, when we cashed out, a lady with a baby stroller, convenietly hit my husband....Oh, Senor, sorry, but can you spare some money too feed my baby? Sure, but, let's get a look at the little darlin. I looked in the stroller and it was a baby doll covered in a blanket, and she high tailed it. Alerted security, but she was long gone.
Now this is a story, we were walking into the Rio and some guy gave my hubby a hard luck story, hubby gave the guy $10. As we were leaving the Rio, this guy is sitting at a BJ table, hubby saw him, walked up to him and asked for his $10 back. This guy was shocked that my hubby recognized him and he gave hubby his $10.

My wife and I were in San Fran last August . We were in a restauranr and asked for a "doggy bag " . though we staying in a hotel where we couldn't reheat it . When we got out side we gave it to a street person and believe he took it like the Last Supper.

I've done that before. The last time I did it, I couldn't find a suitable person in Atlantic City to give it to.

My wife and I had just had dinner at a Chinese place in downtown Chicago. We were walking around outside during Xmas time looking at Michigan Ave lights and such, and we had leftovers. Not wanting to carry them around, we found a street person to give them to. As we're handing over a still 'hot' doggie bag (the food was still very warm and ready to eat), the guy goes 'is there meat in there, I'm a vegaterian"....I about LMAO at that one. I lied and said 'no'.

I guess some beggars can be choosers.....

Did you give him the fortune cookie?

I would suggest not ever giving cash, it just enables them. Instead, carry Mc Donald's coupons and give them one of those.

OK, this didnt happen in Vegas, but I have to tell the story.

When I worked in NYC years ago, I am standing in Times Square one very cold, snowy evening, walking to the Port Authority bus terminal after work, and an old blind woman, with dark glasses and a white cane is standing at the corner crying out "help me, help me." So I am standing there as the light turns green and I say to her, "I'll help you across the street." And she yells out, "I dont want to go across the street. I want money!" And I said, "Im sorry, I can't help you."

And thats when she raised her cane and started wildly swinging it around, and as I was stepping away from her the cane got me across my back.

From that moment on I promised to stay away from blind people at street corners asking for help.

I saw a blind guy in Philly last year. He was walking down the sidewalk with his cane doing that left, right, tap, tap, tap thing. I watched him for a while. He came up to some obstacles in the sidewalk and deftly avoided them as well as he avoided the people standing on sidewalk. The cane never even tapped the obstacles. He was either psychic or faking blindness.

I have been hit by the just need money for gas people in downtown at least 3 times in the last year.