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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 05:56 AM Original message |
My old mom was just scammed out of three grand |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Who have you reported them to? |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I don't know who to report it to |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Start with your local Better Business Bureau, |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Yes, the Attorney General's office |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. based on what you say, it doesn't sound like fraud (criminal). it sounds like a civil matter |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Call the police. It's a scam and it's illegal. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. My mom called our 311 to report her problem and they said... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. repeated post. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:07 AM Original message |
repeated post. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. That happened to my sister in Texas. Consumers seem to have less protection |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. exactly |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. In the UK |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I surely admire your attitude! |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. I've always stressed to my mother.... |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. this is why I hate message boards |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Why is that? |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
53. I really don't know. I didn't mean to offend you. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. That's a pretty common scam |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
12. Well, if she gave them a check, it'll have to be cashed or deposited somewhere. Start there. |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Stop payment on the check? |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Why not? At least it'll force them to either come forward, if they're even trying to be legit, in |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Alert the bank immediately that the check is fraudulent. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Great post. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
14. Call A Local TV Station... |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. +1000 and the police |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. That's what I was going to say. Local news stations LIVE for this shit. eom |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. There are roving groups...all part of one big 'family' |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. mostly, but they can sometimes be local yokels, too |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's that time of year -- yesterday I had a feckless young man in an unmarked truck try to get me |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. You have to watch tree people too |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. Tell mom to never purchase steaks from the back of a pick-up truck either |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. If she doesn't have a contract, she hasn't got anything to help her sadly. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. She has a jacked up driveway and a canceled check |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
25. thank goodness my Mom is too cheap to fall for anything like this |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
28. I am so sorry to hear about his. :^( |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
29. My asphalt driveway was a wreck ... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I figure if they have an actual brick and mortar location, and you can see |
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NikRik (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
30. In my state of Ca. ! |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. Who did she make the check out to? Was it "Billy Wilson" |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
34. David Hannum has a famous quote about this kind of situation. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
54. I guess my mom can be kind of a sucker |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
36. Stop payment on the check. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That check was cashed before the ink was fully dried |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
37. Just wondering...do you think it's time |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
38. At least she got a driveway out of it. My mom lost her bank account in a scam |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. My Dad took it over for my Grandmother, who is 89. She paid her taxes |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
39. My elderly aunt was scammed out of several thousand dollars |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
42. Sounds like a typical Irish Traveler scam, except for the Hispanic work crew |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. They are using hispanic work crews these days |
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HippieCowgirl (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
43. Travellers. |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. Back in 2006 there was a miniature tornado in my mom's neighborhood. |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. These are construction/repair gypsies... |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. That must be just awful! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
49. Sounds like she was a victim of the Itinerant |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
52. thanks to everyone for your advice |
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PurgatoryPeak (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
55. Yikes |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
56. Sounds like Rovers... |
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