I just got off the phone with yet another advanced fee loan fraud victim. Our virtual phone system in Canada is used for fraud fairly frequently, as are many other communications providers' networks.
She has been collecting information, conducting her own investigations, and gathering other victims stories and information for months now. She has 65 different phone numbers and a number of different websites used by the scammers and a group of 20 or more vicitms and counting.
She has personally been in touch with the FBI, FTC, RCMP, Secret Service, state and local law enforcement, and exactly FUCK ALL has been done. They all say her case is "too small" to bother investigating.
All of these organizations discuss advance fee loan fraud and how big a problem it is, but won't even bother to take a cursory peek at the information she has gathered and investigated?
Yes, people who fall for these scams are naive at best, possibly even stupid, but that makes them vulnerable, and their plight shouldn't waved away, in my opinion.
I suggested she check out various consumer watchdog groups, and try to get as many victims together as possible to force an investigation...any other ideas on what can be done?
She truly thinks the money is going to support terrorism, rather than lining the con men's pockets. I think she is underestimating their greed, but whatever. Even that argument didn't get her anywhere with the authorities....maybe she should call Homeland Security.
those groups are too busy in their own cons to bother.
Do you think that by using tiny type (the internet whisper?) that you will escape their notice?
__________________ Old Pain In The Ass says: I am on a mission from God to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable; to bring faith to the doubtful and doubt to the faithful.
The con men are winning :(
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