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« on: June 05, 2015, 08:05:03 PM »
A Manhattan Fortuneteller Cost Him Fortune After Fortune
Maybe the title should be "Gullible's Travels" by Jonathan Not-So-Swift.
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« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2015, 01:58:52 PM »
Unfortunately, many, many people still believe in fortune tellers and people who claim to be "psychic". Amazingly, these SCAMmers still send <snail mail> to people. The recipients are often single, elderly, living alone, and with little access to the Internet. They cannot accept that these mass-produced letters, addressed to them, by name, are not from someone wanting to help them.

Although they don't usually get bilked out of so much money and that just makes it more difficult to get any authority to take their loss seriously. Of course, once they even reply to one of these letters, their name, address, and anything personal they include in the reply, will be used against them. It may be the original SCAMmer or the info will be sold to others in the "business".
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« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2015, 10:10:54 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2015, 03:26:02 PM »
I'm not sure I would agree with "They’re frequently educated, more sophisticated people." Most who have contacted me have not read the warnings I post on evert single page, nor do they seem to understand the concept of mass-produced mail. Most seem oblivious to bulk mail postage methods; part of that is aided by Postal authorities by not forcing the postage paid on each item. I also blame these same "authorities" for accepting envelopes with blatantly false claims and promises. Yet, even a local community theater allowed a known SCAM artist to 'perform' last year! No one seems to be concerned about being prosecuted as a 'co-conspiriter'... rolleyes.gif
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system
CAUTION! Childhood vaccinations cause adults! :yes: