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Families Beg for Christmas Presents on the Web

By David KnowlesDec 23rd 2009 – 8:00AM
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(Dec. 22) -- This holiday season, more Americans than ever before are turning to the Internet to ask total strangers for help. But in an age of online scams, does cyber-begging really work? Melissa Bachilla always managed to get by on her own until this Christmas season. The 35-year-old unemployed Las Vegas mother...

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This Week on the Internet: Loose Snakes, Drunk 'Glee' Karaoke and the Origins of Donald Trump

By The Editors of BuzzFeed Apr 01st 2011 - 05:19PM

►Three days later, this other couple was spotted smooshing parts on a rooftop somewhere on the University of Southern California campus.

Background on cyber begging

Internet begging, cyber-begging, or Internet panhandling is the online version of traditional begging, asking strangers for money to meet immediate and other needs (money, food, and shelter).

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