I know a couple of people who saw that very thing happen at separate times.
One had a Cadillac the other a nice BMW.
It’s tax free money. John Stossel did an undercover report where he posed as a panhandler and the rate of the small donations he was getting would have added up to tens of thousands of dollars per year, tax free. And he was just sitting there...not even being aggressive.
Well what self-respecting panhandler is gonna cruise in some dirt bag old mini van or 92 Cavalier?
Its very common. The busier the intersection, the likelier they are working the gullibles. They can collect a few hundred a day.
Pikers, one of the beggars around here drives a Mercedes.