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And even foreigners. The greed is so bad that even victims and acquaintances of the scammers are joining forces with the "syndicates", often with bad results.Quote:
Originally Posted by Papa Georgie
There have been incidents both here and in foreign where the "money mules" have been eliminated.
This scourge needs to stop on both ends.
and the family.......................:(
I'm going to go out there. I certainly cannot disprove the lottery scam … good god that has been going on in Canada for a long time if you had a phone number … there are other versions too. I cannot make an informed comment. Nigeria spells scam.
I so agree with earlier comments made by many that it is the tourists buying weed, hash … I really believe that there is a turf war. Bonafide tourist taxies are competing with the whole nine yards offered willy nilly.
I do like a little hash … but please don't hate me
The ****ery has nothing to do with U, he, I...Quote:
Originally Posted by Carrie
I think I'll take that as I stand corrected and ignorant. ****ery and the rest I'm lost. You, he, I ? I recognize that I have nothing valid to add.
Uh, oh...you mean I shouldn't expect that payment from the Nigerian bank??? :p
Yeah, it has nothing to do with the Nigeria "419" scams, though it's basically the Jamaican version. It has been going on for a long time, and has become big business on the island. That is the root cause of much of the violence. It has nothing to do with tourists buying weed, or hash, or anything like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carrie
Carrie, Booger wasn't referring to you, being ignorant at all, I think you misunderstood, he was saying that the scams, etc, and the violence it creates has nothing to do with us ( tourists)...
and don't ever think you have nothing valid to add, everyone does !!
Yeah they do target the elderly back in 2007 my mother believed she won the big lottery just had to send bank information to Kingston and$500 ( she had Alzheimer's ) when we found out we quickly changed account# but we were too late for the$500 . So it does happen. It was a wake up call for us and we had to take control of all finances. She continued to get calls and she continued to believe that she won so we changed phone number that they had for 60 years and it finally stopped .
Yep, I certainly was not referring to you Carrie.Quote:
Originally Posted by jojo p