hunt for investor turned into orphanage scam

[raydi89]

hunt for investor turned into orphanage scam

by raydi89 » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:20 pm

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hi,

recently, i've received an email from a woman in netherlands.
she found me here, showed me some news link about her ship tragedy and loss of his asian husband, leaving her and their business.

thing is, she was more into helping/supporting orphanage and willing to finance it likewise. after a few exchange of interest and identification ,i've sent my resumé for her trust and validation.

i assured her that i'm willing to help her establish that orphanage here in manila, and with that amount, i could also make my invention and innovative ideas come true, at the same time. and in which case, i'll be happy to dedicate my time into helping less fortunate children, for her cause as well as mine.

the last mail, they were supposed to visit manila bringing with them documents and package regarding our project. unfortunately, they were asking me for package and handling fee charged by KLM airways before boarding (Euro 899.00), and to make payments within very, very short time. i replied i could not handle that amount (considering that was already 5x month's salary, and we're really not rich and all),

and then all communications suddenly stopped, no reply was even made. even sent them all christmas greeting, but still no reply.

so i figured they could be scam, but a real good one, because they seeded on orphans (which is more empathic),

worse is, do they really half to go this far to scam? using poor children, or probably other less fortunate people to scam for money?

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[Levi Porter]

by Levi Porter » Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:32 am

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Scammers suck. Most of anything that sounds anywhere close to that is almost always a scam. Don't feel bad though. I got one that said they were from Italy, and were sending people to kill me.

That one startled me a bit.

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[raydi89]

by raydi89 » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:30 am

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yes, imagine going that low, as to using poor & helpless orphans, disabled people, or other less fortunate ones for scamming.
imagine inventors like us who help improve and innovate ways of living gets used and misleaded by these scammers and cons....

we'll leave it to karma as they say...

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