A friend of mine told me a little tale.
He had one of those iffy watch shops in Turkey & for the beggars out there the first port of call are the shops.
For about 3 or 4 years he used to have the same beggar come to his shop, he never gave money, it was usually a cheap watch he would hand over and get the same hard luck story. Got to the stage where my friend would have a watch ready & waiting for him, a "rulex" or maybe a "sporty nuke" one :-)
My friend bought a new car & had to go to a city about 70 miles away to register it & get the number plates for it. Government building, third floor, traffic dept, (been there) guess who was behind the counter? Yep the beggar !!
All hell let loose (normal for Turks), security & the manager all piled into the affray with the guy claiming mistaken identity..........he had worked in that building for 11 years & the manager backed him up on that. Of course whilst he's telling me this I'm keeling over with laughter but he's deadly serious (Turks don't like being had over). But the slam dunk was, the guy behind the counter was wearing one of the watches that my friend had given him.
Last comment from my friend about it was, "if he come to my shop again Akbuk......I kill this man". Fortunately the guy has never been back.