Does it work? Could you make a legitimate living from it?

Sites like donatemoney2me.com charge a fee. And the chances of any generous millionnaires spending their days ploughing through it all and responding to your plea must be slimmer than slim.

There is a totally free website begslist.org
on which to post a begging message - started by someone who did have to beg but no longer has to
Again I don't imagine many rich folk go trawling there for people to give to. Or maybe they do.

Wikipedia has this summary internetbegging


Would you consider trying it? If so, how might you craft your appeal and how would you reach those most likely to donate -- without resorting to the kind of junkmail letters we sometimes see.