This is the moment a woman saw a street beggar asking for cash while watching TV on a tablet computer.

Her video appears to show a man sitting on the street behind a begging cup, while covered with a sleeping bag.

But the onlooker says he was hiding a tablet computer under his blanket, and it could only be seen when she viewed him from behind through a window from inside McDonald’s.

The 22-year-old student, who took the video, said the "homeless" man was also drinking a beer and a glass bottle can be seen near his pitch, in the video.

She said people gave him money, and she was going to buy him a meal until she spotted the pricey gadget.

In the clip, the young man appears to be watching a video, and the icons on the screen look similar to those on the YouTube app.

The onlooker who accused the man of being a “fake beggar” said she took the footage of the man outside McDonald’s in Charing Cross, last week.

She claims she spotted TWO tablets and a PHONE while she watched him from inside the restaurant.

She said: “He had two tablets and one phone and was chilling on the streets with a beer and also begging.

“There are many people who give their hard earned money to these fake beggars.

“It was around 10 pm and he was sitting outside. I just saw him sitting there with the screen on.

This is the moment a woman saw a street beggar asking for cash - while watching TV on a tablet computer.

Her video appears to show a man sitting on the street behind a begging cup, while covered with a sleeping bag. But the onlooker says he was hiding a tablet computer under his blanket, and it could only be seen when she viewed him from behind through a window from inside McDonald's.