The Problem of Scamming In Montego Bay

Scamming is one of the complicated effects of All-inclusives taking business away from locals of Montego Bay. Some people choose to find alternative honest ways to earn a living. Unfortunately, many choose to earn their living by  dis-honest means like scamming. As with every other crime, those who engage are caught and punished. To those people who live in Montego Bay and do not engage directly in scamming, please dont think this is not your problem. As long as you were born in Montego bay, have family who live in Montego bay, it is OUR problem. Scamming is one of the leading  ways that money is being circulated in Montego Bay's economy right now. In the Cambios, Western Unions, Banks, stores and the list goes on...We can pretend that it is not a problem and try to ignore it, but if you are living or doing business in Montego bay, you are spending some of that money gained by scamming right now. Simply because it is being circulated in the economy. Chances are your neighbour, friend, cousin, local grocery store owner, cambio owner, politician, lawyer, doctor has been affected, knows someone who is involved, or has been involved themselves. It is our problem. It is your problem as well as mine.  Lets do something about it.  Do The Right Thing.

Follow the link below to read about a Jamaican who was convicted for the Lottery Scam. Below that, are comments on the article

http://news.yahoo.com/25-old-convicted-jamaican-lottery-scam-162023791.html

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Elizabeth 2 hours ago 0 69
Both of my parents are very well educated, but they are both 80 and grew up in an era where most callers could be trusted. I finally had to tell them not to deal with anyone over the telephone - ever. Even if the caller claims to be calling from a company they do business with. I've asked them to take down the caller's name and company, then we can verify the telephone number and call them back if we need to.
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D 2 hours ago 0 25
So why is it that these scammers who get away with millions always look like they don't have a dime to their name or could hardly spell their name ? And why is there always a tie back to NC ? I mean damn folks...if I had $5MM or even this couples $300K you'd never see my face again... How can someone be smart enough to pull this off and stupid enough to get caught ? I guess it's greed (on both parties part) and not knowing when to call it quits (once you have the loot).
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Dave 1 hour ago 0 15
My father, in his 90's, got caught up in this sort of thing. He was getting non-stop calls from these people. In total he sent about $11,000 to pay for 3 different "winnings". After the second one, we had a major talk about how he was being ripped off, and he said he would never do that sort of thing again. After the third one, he said "I don't know how to stop this." He was also getting about 20 "guaranteed winner" sweepstakes games per day in the mail, and sending them all money so he could collect his winnings.

I finally had to take his checkbook and all his credit cards and only give him cash to go to the store and I pay all of his bills. I had to install a locking mailbox that he doesn't have the key for. We had to change his phone number 3 times to finally get them off his trail. Good thing is he doesn't have a computer or know how to use one. (I just printed off this article to take to him to read.)

It's disgusting how these people prey on older people.
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dan 58 minutes ago 0 5
I put a handicap ramp for sale a few months back was selling it for 400. a guy called and wanted to buy the ramp he needed a physical address to send the check because he wanted to pay for it then arrange to have it shipped to a government office in pa.well to make a ling story short he sent a casher's check for 2,500.00 and wanted me to cash the check get the 400.and send the rest to him along with the ramp,well someone stole the ramp and I still have the check called the police but haven't heard one word from them not one,but got the false check and the over night mail he sent the check in I checked the business in ny city and the letter came from north Carolina and it was mailed from fl.one of the phone numbers was in st louis,mo anyone have anything like this tell me what to do. seems like no one down here cares
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Commenter 1 hour ago 0 5
What would make someone fall for a scam like this, doesn't make sense to me, my sister told me she had won, could of been this same group, when she said she had to pay something first, I said so you really think you won. Maybe if I wasn't there she would have fell for this as well. Greed is a sin and there is a price to be paid, this is a scam I feel would only work on those that are greedy.
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USA 51 minutes ago 0 7
I think people don't realize most of these older people have dementia, Alzheimer etc. so scamming them is relatively easy I would suspect.

25 years ago my grandmother had a $10k CD at a bank. Her neighbors were also elderly and they actually scammed my grandmother out of the $10k. The problem was I could not prove it so was unable to press charges but I knew they actually drover her to the bank and had her cash her CD out. My grandmother was in the early stages of Alzheimer and it was at that point that I knew it was time to take over her affairs.
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Johnny R 1 hour ago 0 8
You have got to be kidding! Sending a message to would be scammers? It's a status symbol and he will be doing business from prison, hire expensive lawyers and with our jury of his peers sitting on a jury, don't expect justice here! We have become a nation of corruption from the top down. There is no more justice, only legal opportunities. Look at how people view LIARS that are elected to run things. That should be proof enough as to why America is losing it's place in the world, our economy is close to collapsing under the weight of this corruption and being led by clueless idiots like HoVOMIT.
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hottips4u 31 minutes ago 0 2
So what you got a conviction. Do the victims get their money back?

Do you as a prosecutor gain anything besides a salary? Of course you do, as a prosecutor you are a politician, you gain name recognition, a chance to jump up that political chain. the victims? What do they really get? Most of the time, absolutely nothing. There's not much satisfaction in putting someone in jail, it doesn't return the money lost, it gets a #$%$ bag off the street and puts your salary in a more secured position.

The system is such a scam to the victims, the rewards all go to politicians, never the victims.
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PJH 45 minutes ago 0 4
You know, we don't win when we extradite these criminal and convict them, we just end up with another welfare case for the American taxpayer to support. We could end all this bull sh-t if we passed a law that declares cyber attacks from foreign lands acts of war punishable by death. Sure we would still have jerkwads from Nigeria or China stealing our data and ripping off our seniors but instead of putting them up in luxury accommodations at the Grey Bar Hotel we could take them off the recidivist list permanently.
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wiccangirl 10 minutes ago 0 1
My mother is in her 70's and she is vulnerable to scams and anybody who wants to take advantage of her! Her mind has suffered from just being elderly and ill. She has MS and parkinsons, among other things. The Jamaican lottery scammed her out of thousands of dollars before we found out about it! We have never been able to find out just how much money she sent them! When we told her it was a scam and we fixed it so she could not send them anymore money, she begged me for more money to send them! They kept calling her and telling her that she could get 4million dollars if she just would send in $400 or $1000 or $300 more for processing fees and taxes and so on and so forth! Then after a while my mom cried,begged for more money even threatened to leave if I did not give her more money! She had been convinced that we could all be wealthy and live in mansions and have mids and limos but I was keeping all that from happening by taking her money from her, so she could not give her family this millions of dollars from the Jamaican lottery!They were ruthless! I for one am glad to finally see SOMEONE going to jail for there part in this horrible scam!! My mother now knows it was a scam! She heard about it on the national news and read about it in her local paper! What they did to my mother was far worse then scamming her money! She feels stupid and vulnerable, and she feels unable to care for her own money! To me. that hurts me and her far worse then taking her money!
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