9/24/03
Your wheel chair bound, aphasic wife sits alone in the house, watching TV, as she has done every day, since the stroke in early 2001.
But its getting dark outside, and you haven't been back to the house in many hours.
There has been no dinner for either of you.
There has been no opportunity for a trip to the bathroom for her.
One week ago, while visiting her oncologist, you became confused and were noted to have hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
She is worried about you. Its 8 PM, its dark outside, and you should be back in the house by now.
She calls 911. I can just hear her stuttering speech as she would try to reach out for help.
The paramedics find you mowing the ditch in the dark.
You can't understand why anyone would be concerned, but you return to the house.
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15 minutes later when I call back I find out that you are on the other phone line in the back of the house, talking to a mystery man (another one of your get rich quick associates, I am sure).
When I confront you on who you are talking to, you say "Is this an inquisition?" and you hang up on me.
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a true story about the vulnerable (focusing on those with delusions or evolving dementia) and their interface . Mostly a story about me and my dad.
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
stop the junk mail and how to get revenge
How to get out from under the junk mail-- this is by FAR the best advice I have seen anywhere, and I can see others like me who have responded to it
http://drowndinginmail.wordpress.com/start-here/
Bloggers addenum to original post:
Recognize that the junk mail that is targeted to the vulnerable and seniors usually sells
WORTHLESS products/
get rich quick schemes,
pyramid schemes,
secret health formulas
-- all too good be true.
At a minimum, the VICTIM who responds to this junk mail pays for shipping and handling to cover MORE junk mail promotional items, veiled as the free product. In addition, the victim may fill out forms containing personal information which is then sold to sucker lists or used for other scams perpetrated by the same individuals but under cover a different products.
http://seniorfraud.blogspot.com/2013/09/what-is-sucker-list-and-who-is-sucker.html
The JUNK MAIL route is just ONE route of access into the homes of the vulnerable. Once the Junk mailers have an email address they can continue to send their product without the cost of postage.
Once the junk mailers have an email adresss and/or a phone number they can build a relationship which is the foundation for many a successful CON/ Scam of the vulnerable (see my November, 2014 postings related to this- "How to understand it all")
http://seniorfraud.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-to-understand-it-all.html
http://drowndinginmail.wordpress.com/start-here/
Bloggers addenum to original post:
Recognize that the junk mail that is targeted to the vulnerable and seniors usually sells
WORTHLESS products/
get rich quick schemes,
pyramid schemes,
secret health formulas
-- all too good be true.
At a minimum, the VICTIM who responds to this junk mail pays for shipping and handling to cover MORE junk mail promotional items, veiled as the free product. In addition, the victim may fill out forms containing personal information which is then sold to sucker lists or used for other scams perpetrated by the same individuals but under cover a different products.
http://seniorfraud.blogspot.com/2013/09/what-is-sucker-list-and-who-is-sucker.html
The JUNK MAIL route is just ONE route of access into the homes of the vulnerable. Once the Junk mailers have an email address they can continue to send their product without the cost of postage.
Once the junk mailers have an email adresss and/or a phone number they can build a relationship which is the foundation for many a successful CON/ Scam of the vulnerable (see my November, 2014 postings related to this- "How to understand it all")
http://seniorfraud.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-to-understand-it-all.html
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