| You would think that with everything I have | | | | be a lot of former border patrol people |
| been through in life that I would be better | | | | looking for new jobs.. |
| prepared but You open an envelope, see the | | | | |
| money and only skim the letter that | | | | If the medical companies only created cures |
| accompanies it. This is why even today a lot | | | | for illnesses then they would eventually be |
| of people still become victims to this. I | | | | out of business. Have you ever noticed that |
| have no doubts that somebody is laughing at | | | | the medicine you take for something cures |
| me now as I write this. | | | | that something but creates other problems? |
| | | | These drug manufactures are far from stupid. |
| My wife and myself were victims to something | | | | It's like what HP discovered with their |
| like this about 4 years ago. We ended up | | | | printers, the money is not in the sale of the |
| losing everything including 3 years of our | | | | printer but in the cartridges and service. |
| lives. Because of what happened my wife is | | | | |
| now a member of a non profit designed to help | | | | 20 years ago I used to sell cars and the |
| victims and educate people. The organization | | | | intro models started at under $10,000. 20 |
| is Fraudaid. Back then we had done | | | | years later the pricing is practically the |
| everything that a responsible merchant knows | | | | same. You would think that with inflation you |
| to do and we still lost everything and I | | | | would not be able to buy some basic car for |
| spent some time in jail because of it and | | | | less than maybe $50,000. Look at how cheap |
| then when I finally got out it was on house | | | | computers are priced these days. The money is |
| arrest. | | | | not in the sale of the computers but in the |
| | | | service and the sale of accessories for the |
| This time the cashiers check looked as | | | | computers. |
| authentic as a hundred dollar bill. Scammers | | | | |
| will buy check stock from an employee of a | | | | A pack of cigarettes has definitely gone up |
| bank and then the work begins. Used to be | | | | in price due to inflation. You could probably |
| done on typewriters but now they have laser | | | | buy them a hundred years ago for a lot less |
| printers and a lot of professional | | | | than one dollar but look at how much they |
| equipment.. The letter that came with the | | | | cost today. Same with a cup of coffee, |
| check said I was being paid for my research | | | | bottled water, a burger at McDonalds. |
| which is something, coincidentally, that I do | | | | Inflation has even affected people like bank |
| on a regular basis. It's like those phishing | | | | robbers. 100 years ago they would maybe steal |
| email you get which is addressed to all Chase | | | | a few thousand dollars and it was a major |
| banking customers. They figure its all a | | | | heist. The days it has to be over lets say |
| numbers game and that some of the recipients | | | | $100,000 to even make the news. |
| will actually be Chase account holders. | | | | |
| | | | The cashiers check that I received was less |
| Americans are probably the ones that most | | | | than $3000 but I had planned on using about |
| fall for these scams I'm sorry to say. We are | | | | $2,000 to pay off some bills that needed to |
| always looking for that pot of gold at the | | | | be taken care of. None of this money was |
| end of the rainbow. For something better. A | | | | planned on being used for me to get out of |
| Great many of the problems that America has | | | | this country or buy a big TV entertainment |
| each year is because of our lack of honesty. | | | | center. I thought that maybe my luck was |
| We pitch out America land of the free and we | | | | starting to change, that the law of |
| have a lot of immigration problems because of | | | | attraction was finally starting to work for |
| this. If instead we showed everybody what | | | | me. Well all bubbles have to burst some day, |
| life is actually like in America there would | | | | mine just burst a lot faster. |