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Discussion Boards => Payments => Topic started by: charmaine56 on February 23, 2012, 05:24:19 pm
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My computer was stolen and I am doing fusion at a library with only one hour a day for everything it is hard. If someone wants to let me know what credited good I still need 3 dollars this month. :wave:
the man who took the computer was on camera. inside and outside of mcdonalds and was seen. the police watched him for an hour and a half but did not even attempt to get my computer. they want to catch him doing something bigger.
Im a little in the why can they be like that mode and why dont they care and I hope he does get caught doing something bigger. they really should have goten my computer and showed him on tv.
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You gotta wonder about that. A few months ago I was at my mom's house and someone called and said, "Can I speak to Grandma." To make a long story short, I gave the phone to my mom who told me that it was my nephew calling from a jail in Mexico. He said he had been arrested and needed her to wire him some money. She is handicapped and told him he would have to call back in an hour when my dad was there to help her wire the money.
After calling my sister, we determined that my nephew could not be in Mexico and was in fact at work in Georgia. I immediately called the local police and told them that this person was probably randomly calling asking for Grandma, hoping to get old people and tricking them into wiring money. They told me not to worry about it.
I explained that the person was going to call back in an hour and did they want to cover over or do something to try to determine where the call was coming from. They said no it was too hard to track.
The following week in the paper I read about a senior citizen in my mom's neighborhood who was swindled out of $2,000 because someone impersonating his grandson called and requested money to be wired to get him out of trouble.
Now, if the cops had at least tried to do something maybe this man would not have lost $2,000.
Ever hear of a phone tap? Geeeze. They had them way back in the 60's
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:( You know it is very disturbing to me to hear stories like this, why do people have to be so unscrupulous, evil and uncaring. For the most part the people who get hurt by swindlers and thieves are the least able to afford the loss. And, you know if people weren't just trying to support their drug habits for the most part, it might be different. My mother was dying of cancer and had someone take advantage of her on a phone scam. I have no sympathy for these people. I watched a guy steal some steaks at a supermarket recently, he had designer jeans and hoodie on - do you think he was trying to feed his family? OH WELL :dontknow:
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It just amazes me how they come up with these ideas ( scams ) to get money but if they would use it for something good just half the effort they could make a great deal of money the right way!
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I'm really sorry about the computer. I hate when the police don't do their job because they are concentrating on the big arrest.
I was once a passenger in my friends car. A cop pulled us over but it was obvious we hadn't been drinking. He let us go saying he was looking to catch drunk drivers from the football game. I'm glad my friend didn't get a ticket but it also shows that cops want to catch people with big tickets rather than the small stuff.
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charmaine56, I'm so sorry about your computer. But how smart of you to continue your FC activity at the library! I would recommend doing the Daily task called, "Search for terms and record the search results." It's one of the easiest daily tasks that I've found, and takes the least time. If you've never done one before, it might take a few more minutes to understand the task, but once you've got the hang of it, it should go by much quicker. You should be able to get $.10 several times.
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next time try calling the phone company...they can track a call and WILL track it if it is something like this or any other illegal activity. They can can even get the info about the call after the fact....if you are fast and call them before another incoming call and just let them know that you need the info on the last incoming call. Been there...done that. They also can set up to monitor any future calls coming from the same caller and track them and the phone company will take action faster than local law enforcement in most cases. (at least they have in my own experience).
good luck...stay safe...and keep looking out for senior citizens and others who need help to avoid these types of scams.
You gotta wonder about that. A few months ago I was at my mom's house and someone called and said, "Can I speak to Grandma." To make a long story short, I gave the phone to my mom who told me that it was my nephew calling from a jail in Mexico. He said he had been arrested and needed her to wire him some money. She is handicapped and told him he would have to call back in an hour when my dad was there to help her wire the money.
After calling my sister, we determined that my nephew could not be in Mexico and was in fact at work in Georgia. I immediately called the local police and told them that this person was probably randomly calling asking for Grandma, hoping to get old people and tricking them into wiring money. They told me not to worry about it.
I explained that the person was going to call back in an hour and did they want to cover over or do something to try to determine where the call was coming from. They said no it was too hard to track.
The following week in the paper I read about a senior citizen in my mom's neighborhood who was swindled out of $2,000 because someone impersonating his grandson called and requested money to be wired to get him out of trouble.
Now, if the cops had at least tried to do something maybe this man would not have lost $2,000.
Ever hear of a phone tap? Geeeze. They had them way back in the 60's
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My computer was stolen and I am doing fusion at a library with only one hour a day for everything it is hard. If someone wants to let me know what credited good I still need 3 dollars this month. :wave:
the man who took the computer was on camera. inside and outside of mcdonalds and was seen. the police watched him for an hour and a half but did not even attempt to get my computer. they want to catch him doing something bigger.
Im a little in the why can they be like that mode and why dont they care and I hope he does get caught doing something bigger. they really should have goten my computer and showed him on tv.
Sorry to hear about your computer being stolen, but you are risking your membership by logging in from a library. Here's an excerpt from the Terms of Service:
Users must log in and use FusionCash on their own personal computer and internet connection only. The use of a FusionCash account on a public or shared computer, or public internet connection is grounds for disqualification.
I wasn't aware of that myself until I read a cautionary post here in the forum a few months after I joined. You've always got to log in to FC from the same IP address. Don't risk having you account closed!
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Sorry to hear about your computer being stolen, but you are risking your membership by logging in from a library. Here's an excerpt from the Terms of Service:
Users must log in and use FusionCash on their own personal computer and internet connection only. The use of a FusionCash account on a public or shared computer, or public internet connection is grounds for disqualification.
I wasn't aware of that myself until I read a cautionary post here in the forum a few months after I joined. You've always got to log in to FC from the same IP address. Don't risk having you account closed!
I'm sure FC will be understanding, given the circumstances. You biggest worry will be hoping that no one else decides to sign up or log in from the same library. Then you'll both lose your accounts becuase of duplicate accounts on one IP. The whole point of that rule is to prevent that from happening; it is harder to prevent multiple accounts from one IP when the library is public.
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Well thanks for the good news. I dont think anyone here is doing fusion at this library.
I am going to ask the news to get the pictures from mcdonald. I hope the police dont block. I had every right to get my puter back. Im not working so cant get another one. :crybaby2:
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i am getting scared just by reading your messages. i mean why would someone call somebody they dont know and ask for money especially to old people. thats not nice at all. i dont know where this world is going
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OP, that bites about the police not making the arrest so you can get your computer back. I had a Vespa stolen in SC and the cops were like so what. i had to ask them if they want the color of the bike and the license plate # when i filed the report!
as far as not using the public computer, i can understand that as Fc most likely uses cookies to track and verify, but always the same IP? What if a person doesn't have a static IP address? Using a public connection perhaps violates some trade agreement or FC doesn't want to be seen as a source of spam?
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Wow that is very unfortunate about the police on both the computer and the phone scam. The cops where probably on their way to Dunkin Donuts! :bs: ::) Unbelievable!
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:( You know it is very disturbing to me to hear stories like this, why do people have to be so unscrupulous, evil and uncaring. For the most part the people who get hurt by swindlers and thieves are the least able to afford the loss. And, you know if people weren't just trying to support their drug habits for the most part, it might be different. My mother was dying of cancer and had someone take advantage of her on a phone scam. I have no sympathy for these people. I watched a guy steal some steaks at a supermarket recently, he had designer jeans and hoodie on - do you think he was trying to feed his family? OH WELL :dontknow:
You're exactly right people stealing usually are trying to get drugs, what's sad is those people even steal from family members... its a shame.
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Step number 1... Let a local reporter know the cops have a video of your computer being stolen but refuse to arrest the guy.
Step number 2... Raise hell................
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charmaine56~ OMG! You might as well rip off a body part! My computer, is like another arm helping me w/my work! Good, by taking steps to solve the problem b/c the cops; whose job is to Serve & Protect refuse to do their job. You should also sue the city police for refusing to do their job. I could understand if there was no evidence to back it up but you have solid evidence & no one can say this didn't happen. I would sue them for, not doing their jobs by arresting the thief caught in the act, you're property which you use for your lively hood is based on is threatened, emotional distress in being considered your case was not important enough to arrest the thief caught on film! What stupid police department waits to arrest the thief because he's crime was not bad enough? Does that mean that I can rob a store but will not be arrested b/c I haven't done a bigger crime yet! You ask the police, when are you going to arrest him? When, he murders somebody,when he robs some1 @ gun point,when he bombs a building,when he get's caught smuggling drugs! AGAIN, SUE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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charmaine56~ OMG! You might as well rip off a body part! My computer, is like another arm helping me w/my work! Good, by taking steps to solve the problem b/c the cops; whose job is to Serve & Protect refuse to do their job. You should also sue the city police for refusing to do their job. I could understand if there was no evidence to back it up but you have solid evidence & no one can say this didn't happen. I would sue them for, not doing their jobs by arresting the thief caught in the act, you're property which you use for your lively hood is based on is threatened, emotional distress in being considered your case was not important enough to arrest the thief caught on film! What stupid police department waits to arrest the thief because he's crime was not bad enough? Does that mean that I can rob a store but will not be arrested b/c I haven't done a bigger crime yet! You ask the police, when are you going to arrest him? When, he murders somebody,when he robs some1 @ gun point,when he bombs a building,when he get's caught smuggling drugs! AGAIN, SUE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Yes I agree!
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You gotta wonder about that. A few months ago I was at my mom's house and someone called and said, "Can I speak to Grandma." To make a long story short, I gave the phone to my mom who told me that it was my nephew calling from a jail in Mexico. He said he had been arrested and needed her to wire him some money. She is handicapped and told him he would have to call back in an hour when my dad was there to help her wire the money.
After calling my sister, we determined that my nephew could not be in Mexico and was in fact at work in Georgia. I immediately called the local police and told them that this person was probably randomly calling asking for Grandma, hoping to get old people and tricking them into wiring money. They told me not to worry about it.
I explained that the person was going to call back in an hour and did they want to cover over or do something to try to determine where the call was coming from. They said no it was too hard to track.
The following week in the paper I read about a senior citizen in my mom's neighborhood who was swindled out of $2,000 because someone impersonating his grandson called and requested money to be wired to get him out of trouble.
Now, if the cops had at least tried to do something maybe this man would not have lost $2,000.
Ever hear of a phone tap? Geeeze. They had them way back in the 60's
That incident is so awful, however we are living in some scary times and those kind of things and worst situations are continually happening.