British Expatriate Network

I came across this site the other day , you pay a fee( $15) and post your "hard luck story asking for donations .

I being a cynic am dubious about the large so called charities like "united way " but this site takes the cake .

I give as i always have time and money to Local charities where ican have some control and say in where the money goes and waste is to a minimum .



HERE IS THE SITE .

http//www.cyberbeg.com/

Just read some of the begging posts ..

love this one . lol



"NEED MONEY TO GET HIGH"



HONEST AND HARD WORKING NEED A LITTLE EXTRA TO GET HIGH. I CAN PAY MY BILLS. I JUST DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT AFTER THERE PAID. THANK YOU!!
SEND WHAT YOU CAN.
TO V. HOFFMAN
440 MAPLE AVE SW A104
RENTON,WA 98057

There was a report on this on 20/20 recently. Did you see that?

I didn't, please tell.

($15 to beg??!!!)

No i didnt see it

Read about it here
http://www.cyberbeggar.org/NewsStoryCBS.htm
:shock:

Also here -

http//abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2791537&page=1

Basically, people had set up websites where people could donate cash. They showed one guy who was saved from losing his house, then another women who paid off something like $13,000 of credit card debt.

So what's your hard-luck story?

/gotten any donations yet?

So do you think people would give me money to go to Hawaii cos I need a break, if so I'll set up a web site.

He wants $250 for a keyboard with all the keys in the places where John thinks they actually are. :grin:

As a side note, I wrote that sentence about 6 times due to horrendous spelling mistakes.

No less chance than anyone else. Got $15 to gamble?

It would be interesting to see a tally of what's been donated to each "cause" so far -see what the top 10 are.