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Article #273: Who Helps The Victims

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






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