This woman has been doing the same scam in the Forest Hill area on and off for the last six years since I've been here.
I hope the police can finally do something and help her with the problems she obviously has. Another similar case I've seen in the last few weeks is the man aggresively begging for money after showing people a benefits slip, but I think this has been mentioned on a previous thread. The important thing is that everyone does notify the police on the non urgent number so a profile can be built up on them.