Who Helps The Victims

Thousands of people around the world are becomingsure our rent was paid every month. I wasn't looking
victims to these cyber crimes like Phishing, Identityfor handouts but just a job where I could work and
theft, and Nigerian scams but what happens afterpay my bills each month. The jobs I did get would
these people become victims. When my wife and Ieventually be lost because of all the time I had to
became victims of a Nigerian scam with Identitytake off from work to appear in court. We finally
theft wrapped into it very few if any offered us anyhad to cop a plea for BS because we couldn't afford
type of assistance. Victims of crimes like these areto lose more jobs.
being re victimized by local law enforcement, banks,Our local church, Calvary Baptist, did help with $50 for
and mortgage companies. The re victimization is aftergroceries but all those agencies that are supposedly
these people first become victims of one of theseout there to help with utilities and rent, their help is
cyber crimes. It isn't the cyber crime that destroyspretty much non existent. I've heard stories of
these victims but instead it is because of thevictims who had never ever been arrested before
ignorance of local law enforcement.now being incarcerated for these periods of time
When my wife and I were arrested for criminalafter they have become victims. You would think
intent, at BSO 3 male officers strip searched mythat sites like Ebay, Yahoo, Google and BofA would
wife. You would think that for strip searching aeducate their members by sending out an email to
female they would have female officers do this. Theneverybody but these places say that it is a liability
for the next 3 years BSO prosecuted us for criminalissue and they just look the other way. Even if you
intent. No speedy trial or anything. Their star witnessbecome a victim on a site like Ebay they still will offer
against us was a 3 time felon who agreed to giveno help whatsoever.
testimony against us in exchange for her not havingMy son, Jake, who makes good money from sites
to go to prison on an armed robbery charge thatlike MySpace has decided to try and help some of
was pending against her.the victims of these cyber crimes. He is an affiliate
Do you know how hard it is to get a job someplacefor this software suite called BuddyPromoter and he
when they do a background check and see that youhas shipped it free to a few victims and has even
are currently being prosecuted for Grand Theft? I,given them tutorials on how they can replace some
myself, was incarcerated for almost a monthof their lost income by utilizing sites like MySpace.
because of this stuff. I would have been thereMy wife, Karyn, is now a volunteer for this one site
throughout Christmas but the judge decided to hearFraudaid which helps victims of this cyber crime that
a few cases on December 24th, postponing heris hitting so many people on the Internet these days.
Christmas leave. Of course, I did have to spend theI, myself, have even tried to help some of these
next 2 months on house arrest.people but I have found that a lot of people will not
Just to pay my bills I accepted work in constructioneven acknowledge the help you have given them
one summer which is very unusual for me becauseand this rubs me the wrong way.
of my handicaps. I had to agree to low wagesIn the end, who is there to help the victims of the
because of all the illegal immigrants that usually workever growing cyber crime that is victimizing people
these jobs for cheap. The only person that everfrom all walks of life?
really offered us any help was my Mom who made