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