Richard,
Unfortunately, People don't become rehabilitated in jail. Usually
imprisonment just makes things worse. I have a feeling that Bernice has real
problems and I know she has financial issues because she talked about being
in debt. She has a fifteen year old daughter. I wish that our society didn't
marginalize people and then punish them for the results of that
marginalization.
Miriam
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Miriam: My wife and I had an experience similar to yours. After pursuing the
matter the supposed aide was found to have along history of theft. She got a
sentence of 12 years and was pardoned after 7 years.
Richard
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On Mar 25, 2019, at 10:41 AM, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
Debbie and I interviewed her and we both liked her and felt that she was
So, I had a substitute home health aide whom we found by advertising.
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Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] more than one way to skin a cat
You've heard of tough love? Well here's a tale of tough Scam.
Think of people so immoral that they sit up nights devising ways to steal
But yesterday's Con Artist has morphed into today's Scam Artist.stormy night came from a young woman whose car broke down, and all she
Remember those "Good Old Days" when a knock at your door on a dark and
Following is an example of how this works.from some outfit called: "Express Couriers," (The name could be any courier
And don't think it couldn't happen to you.
Carl Jarvis
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Wednesday a week ago, I had a phone call from someone saying that he was
hour. Sure enough, about an hour later, a uniformed delivery man turned up
The caller said that the delivery would arrive at my home in roughly an
arrived!) There was also a consignment note with the gift.
The courier replied, "I don't know, I'm only delivering the package."
Apparently, a greeting card was being sent separately. (The card has never
was a $3.50 "delivery/ verification charge," providing proof that he had
He then went on to explain that because the gift contained alcohol, there
delivery company required payment to be by credit or debit card only, so
This sounded logical and I offered to pay him cash. He then said that the
card, and 'John,' the "delivery man," asked him to swipe the card on a small
He added,
"Couriers don't carry cash to avoid loss or likely targets for robbery."
My husband, who by this time was standing beside me, pulled out his credit
Frank, my husband, was asked to enter his PIN number and a receipt wasprinted out. He was given a copy of the transaction
ATM machines.
The guy said everything was in order, and wished us good day.
To our horrible surprise, between Thursday and the following Monday,
$4,000 had been charged/withdrawn from our credit/debit account at various
now had all the info necessary to create a "dummy" card with all our card
Apparently the "mobile credit card machine," which the deliveryman carried
immediately notified the bank which issued us a new card, and our
Upon finding out about the illegal transactions on our card, we
definitely a scam because several households had been similarly hit.
We also personally went to the Police, where it was confirmed that it is
neither expected nor personally ordered, especially if it involves any kind
WARNING: Be wary of accepting any "surprise gift or package," which you
Also, never accept anything If you do not personally know or there is noproper identification of who the sender is.
card information is when you yourself initiated the purchase or transaction!
Above all, the only time you should give out any personal credit/debit