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Charity muggers are no longer on the streets — they’re your friends

6 April 2019

9:00 AM

6 April 2019

9:00 AM

There was a time when you couldn’t walk down your local high street and not be set upon by a succession of ‘charity muggers’ — those relentlessly cheery and chatty young men and women who want your money for worthy causes like Cancer Research UK, Greenpeace, Oxfam or Age UK.

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