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MISCHIEVOUS.
JEANNE MOOS HAS THE STORY BEHIND
ONE OF THE MOST WATCHED HAVE YOU
HAD -- VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE TODAY.
>> Reporter: THIS MAN GOT
PRANKED WITH A LOTTERY TICKET.
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE HIM THINK
HE WON THE LOTTERY.
>> Reporter: HE'S STILL A
WINNER.
IT IS A GOOD DEED PRANK AND THIS
IS THE PRANKSTER.
NORMALLY RAHAT IS DOING THINGS
LIKE DRESSING UP IN A CAR SEAT
COSTUME SO HE CAN SCARE FAST
FOOD WORKERS AS THE INVISIBLE
DRIVER.
>> OH, MY GOD, REALLY?
>> Reporter: BUT INSTEAD OF A
LAUGH, EXPECT A TEAR WHEN RAHAT
PRANKS A HOMELESS MAN WITH A
GOOD REPUTATION WHO HAD BEEN
HANGING AROUND A VIRGINIA
SHOPPING CENTER.
>> I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY MONEY
TO GIVE YOU.
BUT I DO HAVE THIS WINNING
LOTTERY TICKET.
>> THAT'S COOL, MY FRIEND.
>> Reporter: THEY HEAD FOR A
NEARBY DELI TO CASH IN THE TICK
ZBLET AND
TICKET.
>> THE STORE CLERK IS IN ON IT.
>> Reporter: AS THE CLERK COUNTS
OUT 10, 100s, THE MAN STARES AT
THE CASH, STUNNED INTO SILENCE
AND THEN --
>> OH, COME ON.
THAT'S ALL, MAN.
>> I WAS REALLY THEN OFF.
I DID NOT EXPECT SOMEBODY TO DO
THAT.
I WAS LIKE --
>> Reporter: WHEN RAHAT INSISTS
HE KEEP ALL THE MONEY, THE
CAMERA CATCHES THE EYES OF THE
HOMELESS GUY WELLING UP.
>> HERE.
>> Reporter: AND WHEN THEY WERE
DONE HUGGING, IT WASN'T JUST THE
HOMELESS MAN WHO HAD TO WIPE HIS
EYES.
>> LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
>> Reporter: HE WAS NOT AWARE
THAT RAHAT WAS RECORDING
EVERYTHING.
ERIC THE HOMELESS GUY NOW KNOWS
THAT THERE'S A VIDEO.
BUT WHAT HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW
IS THAT THE LOTTERY TICKET
WASN'T A WINNER.
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO REALLY RUIN
THE MOMENT OF HIM WINNING THE
LOTTERY TICKET.
I WANTED HIM TO JUST LIKE
CAPTURE THAT MOMENT, THAT
MEMORY.
>> Reporter: RAHAT SAYS HE'S
GOING TO BREAK IT TO HIM SOON.
THOUGH MOST THINK THE VIDEO IS
TOUCHING, SOME HAVE QUALMS.
GOOD DEEDS ON CAMERA OR
EXPLOITING PEOPLE AS PROPS WAS
THE HEADLINE.
>> I'M NOT JUST GOING TO GIVE
HIM THE 1,000 AND JUST WALK AWAY
AND SAY HEY, HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> Reporter: RAHAT SET UP A
FUNDRAISING SITE FOR ERIC.
IN LESS THAN A DAY IT TOTALLED
OVER $6,000 AND COUNTING.