Paul
Anaheim,#2Consumer Suggestion
Wed, August 24, 2005
The problem is that no individual victim has the time and resources to go out and do that. But, I agree with you 100% on the street justice part. Hell, anyone who reads my other comments knows that 30% of them revolve around some kind of unspeakable torture. That's because I know that fear achieves results. The problem is finding the first dozen advance cons.
Dave
Jacksonville,#3Consumer Comment
Tue, August 23, 2005
If just a few of these thieves were caught, beaten to a bloody pulp, and dumped on the police department's front steps with all the documentation of their fraudulant activities stapled to their foreheads, there would be less of this type of scam going on. When the word gets out, these cowards are going to pack up and get out before they are next. I am not one for vigilantism, but enough is enough. More people need to stand up for themselves.
Dave
Jacksonville,#4Consumer Comment
Tue, August 23, 2005
If just a few of these thieves were caught, beaten to a bloody pulp, and dumped on the police department's front steps with all the documentation of their fraudulant activities stapled to their foreheads, there would be less of this type of scam going on. When the word gets out, these cowards are going to pack up and get out before they are next. I am not one for vigilantism, but enough is enough. More people need to stand up for themselves.
Dave
Jacksonville,#5Consumer Comment
Tue, August 23, 2005
If just a few of these thieves were caught, beaten to a bloody pulp, and dumped on the police department's front steps with all the documentation of their fraudulant activities stapled to their foreheads, there would be less of this type of scam going on. When the word gets out, these cowards are going to pack up and get out before they are next. I am not one for vigilantism, but enough is enough. More people need to stand up for themselves.
Paul
Anaheim,#6Consumer Suggestion
Tue, August 23, 2005
I'll be honest with you. If you had the time and money to spend the next 6 months tracking this fraud down, maybe you could find them. They use disposable cells. Money wire services. They send in a runner who knows nothing about the operation to pick up the money. If he's caught, he has nobody to give up. And then, what are you going to do if you find the person? Chop him up and throw him in the trash? There are a million more out there just like him. What have you accomplished? No matter how you torture the fraud, he won't have enough money on him to be worth all the time and energy you spent looking for him. It's one of those situations where a quarter rolls away and down into the sewer. Are you prepared to pull up the grate and reach around in there to find it? I don't see any way to come out ahead here pursuing this. Do you? With some fraud, it's better to cut your losses and move on, vowing never to send money to another one of these advance fee scams ever again.