NEW TONIGHT, MARSHALLTOWN POLICE SAY SOME PEOPLE ARE POSING AS PANHANDLERS. KCCI IS ETHAN HUMBLE HAS THE WARNING FROM POLICE. BEFORE YOU GIVE AWAY YOUR MONEY. SCAMMER ALERT. THE MARSHALLTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN URGING THE PUBLIC TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PEOPLE LYING ABOUT RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY. IT’S BEEN HAPPENING NEAR THIS HY-VEE IN MARSHALLTOWN, AND THE SCAMMERS HAVE BEEN WEARING VESTS SIMILAR TO THE ONE I’M WEARING RIGHT NOW. IT’S VERY DISAPPOINTING. I THINK IT’S PRETTY SAD THAT THE WORLD HAS COME TO THAT. IT’S JUST NOT RIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING THEIR -- OFF OUT HERE. PEOPLE IN MARSHALLTOWN SAY SCAMMERS ARE NOT WELCOME IN THEIR TOWN. MARSHALLTOWN POLICE ALERTED RESIDENTS OF PEOPLE STANDING AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT, PRETENDING TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY. IF SOMEONE COMES UP AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, I’M HOMELESS, I’M HUNGRY, I’D RATHER BUY THEM A MEAL THAN HAND THEM MONEY, I HAVE TO WORK MY -- OFF OUT HERE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AND THEY CAN GO GET A JOB. SHELLY IRWIN FIRSTRILLIONEALIZED SCAMMING WAS PROFITABLE THROUGH BEING HOMELESS HERSELF. SHE’S WORKING TWO JOBS AND TRYING TO GET ON MY FEET AND EVERYTHING AND THEN THIS GUY COMES IN AND HE SAYS HE MAKES 120, $130,000 A YEAR JUST BY GOING FROM STATE TO STATE AND TRYING TO GET MONEY. AND THAT’S WHEN SHE DECIDED SHE WOULDN’T CONTINUE OFFERING UP HER MONEY TO THOSE ON THE STREETS. I JUST DON’T HELP THEM BECAUSE THEY’RE JUST ALL SCAMMERS AND THEY’RE JUST PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET AN EASY BUCK RAISING DOUBT FOR THE PUBLIC. I FULLY BELIEVE IN HELPING OUT MY FELLOW MAN. NOW I DON’T KNOW WHO TO TRUST. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO HELP THE UNDERSERVED MARSHALLTOWN PD ENCOURAGES YOU TO CONSIDER FUNDING A CHARITY ALREADY LOCALLY SERVING PEOPLE IN MARSHALLTOWN.