Chinese beggars ask for alms on the Internet

Some of the poor residents of the South-Western Chinese province of Sichuan began to practice the collection of alms online. According to the media of the city of Chenddu, the capital of Sichuani, a resident of Chendu by the name of Zhang received a message once by e -mail: "I am a local one. My father died when I was still small and my mother is seriously ill. My girlfriend left me. I am now in such depression that I am not able to leave the house. Please give me 10 yuan ($ 1.2) for food."

The email was signed by a certain Danem, who attached a bank account number to his message. Soon, Danya was able to find the QQ channels, the Chinese service of Internet chats. The QQ “Online beggar” employee said that he was 21 years old and recently excluded from the college.

“I began to ask for alms on the Internet in December 2003 just jokes for the sake of,” he said. “But when the first transfer of 10 yuan came in January, I decided to take this business seriously.” According to Lee Dan, in February, his fee was 168 yuan ($ 20). The largest one -time alms was 50 yuan ($ 6), Interfax reports.

Lee also warned the possible victims against the crawle of their competitors, also impressive online. “Many of those who ask for alms are online - in fact, not at all poor people, they simply exploit the feeling of compassion for their neighbor,” he said.