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 | | From: | PF Riley | | Subject: | Re: Dire Straights | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:41:15 -0800 |
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 | On 22 Jan 2005 19:49:13 -0800, jw54sb@yahoo.com wrote:
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>If you ever really wanted to help someone in the most dire of straights
>imaginable you can help her directly, from you to her without any
>government, charitable, or Aid Organization middlemen taking a big cut.
>There is no other way I can think of to help now. Imagine if it were
>you.
>ANYTHING WILL HELP! $2.00, $5.00, $10.00 or more.....
>If only 150 people send her $10.00 this will hopefully bridge the gap
>until her checks are reinstated in March. She needs $25 for pain meds
>Tuesday. She has many, many of these co-pays monthly.
>Please consider this a personal plea for someone who cannot even ask
>you for themselves, and has met with more unimaginable hardship due to
>the mistakes of others than anyone you or I will ever meet in ours'
>or our children's lives. She has no one.
>Please, please, please, please help with anything as soon as possible.
>You will never get a better chance to really feel you are helping
>someone innocent and truly in terrible need.
>For more information or to speak with me, Carole, or her Dr.s directly
>you can email me at
>jw54sb@yahoo.com and I/she will contact you. Please forward this
>letter and plea to any compassionate people you feel may help and to
>those who think they have a rough life.
>You can send stamps, cash, money orders, or checks to:
>Ms. Carole Lee
>[address accidentally omitted?]
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>Thank You and God Bless Everyone and Theirs,
>James W
Well, it's just too bad that there are so many con artists and thieves
in the world, because were this a better place, people might believe
this is real (regardless of whether it is or not). Unfortunately, my
cynicism says this is far more likely to be a scam. There are other
ways to get help than by begging on the Usenet, I'm sure.
PF
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| | From: | Carey Gregory | | Subject: | Re: Dire Straights | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 02:26:25 -0500 |
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| PF Riley wrote:
>Well, it's just too bad that there are so many con artists and thieves
>in the world, because were this a better place, people might believe
>this is real (regardless of whether it is or not). Unfortunately, my
>cynicism says this is far more likely to be a scam. There are other
>ways to get help than by begging on the Usenet, I'm sure.
Unfortunately, you're right.
Someone actually succeeded with the first plea of this sort on Usenet. I
don't recall who it was, but it was just a couple of years ago and since
then I've seen dozens of them. I ignore them all.
And then another guy bypassed the normal donor process and got himself a
liver by buying billboards. Not sure who died for lack of that liver, but
now it's been tried again -- and it succeeded again.
I guess the message is if you're clever enough and can afford billboards,
you get to go to the front of the line regardless of whether you deserve it.
My sympathies, but take your place in line. You'll get no money from me
this way, and you shouldn't get money from anyone else either.
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