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Would you do a mobile payment transaction to a panhandler?

Posted by Marc | 1-10-2011 21:20 | Category: Homelessness

Nice spoof from a guy called Mark aka “Madwhite”. He plays a panhandler who accepts Square, Visa, MasterCard or DiscoverCard transactions.
This video is very popular today. The fake panhandler describes here how he came to this idea.
The ”I have no cash” excuse isn’t working anymore.

The question for me is: would you do a mobile payment transaction to a panhandler?

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