Spawn wrote:
KarynSolo wrote:
Its not like the USA can stand blameless infront of the entire world, nor can most countries, each community can have its bad elements, that doesnt mean everyone in that community is bad.
Then why do you feel the need to blatantly point the finger, and sling insults around like they're confetti?
Several people (including myself) have basically stated that [bold]the blame doesn't lie in one direction.[/bold] In some cases, it's the victim, for having been greedy (yes, I know...you weren't greedy, you were just trying to sell something.) In other cases, it's company A, for not having better security in place. Whatever. The point of this post is that you can't just sit back and point the finger. Noone can.
"There are three sides to every story: His side, Her side and The Truth"
Spawn
Spawn, those of you who like to state that the blame doesn't lie in one direction have never walked in these shoes and want to constantly reiterate the gullibility, etc of the victims. I think that WU does hold a degree of responsibility...not 100% by any means...but, they saw enough of it happening to have put a policy of questioning their customers into place--therefore, I think there is a degree of responsibility in the lack of implementation of said policy. No, Fed-Ex can't check the contents of every package that comes from Nigeria, but could they not issue a disclaimer of some sort? One recent victim, in discussions with his bank was told that they (the bank) were "dedicated toward educating the public about this scam" and yet there is nothing posted in their bank, their tellers evidently haven't been further trained as to the correct verbage to use, the person who processed that check BY HAND (because they cannot be read by machine) evidently didn't know what to look for, there has been nothing sent out to account holders...so exactly what is it that they are actually DOING at this point?!
I went back through an old file of things I had given my attorney last year and found a statement where banks have been getting alerts from the FDIC since 1999.....
1999!!!!....and yet the bankers in this country who actually care enough about what the general public thinks a banks job is and are making efforts to educate their employees and account holders can probably be counted on my fingers and toes with digits left over! You, as a NON-victim cannot imagine how frustrating that is!!!
We are all in agreement that education is the key...what are your suggestions toward that end? "We" do newspaper and television stories...opening ourselves to all degrees of ridicule from those who've never been there. "We" design web-sites, talk to politicians on a State and Federal level...participate in national consumer awareness forums...talk to bankers until we are blue in the face...we tell everyone we know (i emailed a letter to everyone in my address book and asked them to forward it--whether they did or not, i have no way of knowing--i certainly didn't want sympathy, just hoping to warn a few people)...we email auction-sites and classifieds-sites asking them to post warnings...some of us join in the baiting game from all different perspectives...and there are a few people out there who DO know how to access email accounts and try to warn potential victims...Now all we need is a few more people to jump on the bandwagon (which is happening, it just takes time). It is difficult not to feel like "TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE"
~ and it isn't. There have even been some recent changes in laws affecting the banking industry that work in our favor...but it takes time before the affects are felt and seen...time.
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) In other cases, it's company A, for not having better security in place. Whatever. The point of this post is that you can't just sit back and point the finger. Noone can.
