THE National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) on Friday warned the public that a criminal syndicate might be behind the scheme of using street children to beg for alms and scam people.

The NAPC issued the statement after a picture of a boy begging in Sampaloc, Manila using a QR code went viral on social media.

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