Organisation Targeting Vunerable People

[wirralbagpuss]

I am annoyed. This is the second time this organisation has tried to scam me. What is happening is that an organisation is targeting deaf people by saying that they have won £240,000 to a £1m and demand your name and address to "match up with the one already listed". This organisation goes under a variety of names. The first excuse/scam was that they were redistrubting money lost through the Nigera scams. (the cheek of it and all!) However i am not falling for it. but it does piss me off when they send messages via facebook and even through instant messaging. I told them to f off! You would have thought they would realise i am not a fool and no way falling for this. But what does concern me is that this company is targeting people who are vunerable because of their deafness and in many cases have additional disabilities as well. There has already been a reported case here in the UK of a deaf man who had to sell his home because he had been taken in hook line and sinker and had got himself into massive debt.

So if anyone is reading this and has deaf friends, please do warn them of this problem /scam that is now doing the rounds in the deaf community. Dont be robbed of your savings! Meanwhile i hope these people are caught. It is totally obsecene that they choose to target those who have disabilities and because of their deafness cannot defend themselves from scams like this. I have seen through this scam, but others may not.

Comments

[lessthancrazy.livejournal.com]

That is just mean, deaf or not it is mean. What is wrong with people? Sorry for your troubles.

Elaine

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

That's not that uncommon, the phisher letter. And they don't just target the deaf. There are ones that target unemployed people. I got several of those when I was looking for work. I don't know how they got my name. But the letters claimed I could make lotsa' money by 'processing' checks they couldn't cash at home. Yeah, right, there's probably a very good reason the local bank won't take their checks; because they are fake or stolen.

Or the e-mail promised that I could make lots of money 'processing' goods. In other words, they steal someone's credit card, order stuff, have the stuff sent to some innocent dupe, then have that dupe send it on to them.

And believe it or not, people do fall for these scams.