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This potential scam happened at my relative's place of work
April 19, 2006 | beaversmom

Posted on 04/19/2006 12:39:59 PM PDT by beaversmom

My sister-in-law told me over Easter weekend of a potential scam that occurred at her place of work. She works in the Human Resources department for this company and is a very reliable source.

It happened last month here in the Denver area. Her place of work is in a cul de sac and not the type of business that generally gets the general public just walking in.

It was a snowy day that day. Her place of work has a nice front area with a receptionist. A Mexican woman walked in with a young boy who was wearing a helmet. The woman asked the receptionist if she could come in to use her cell and she told her it would be all right.

The front area is nicely furnished and has glass tables. The young boy took off his helmet and decided that he is going to use it to beat on the glass furniture.

The receptionist politely asked the woman if she would stop the boy from doing that and that's when all hell broke lose. The woman became unglued and said that she was being harrassed because she was Hispanic and she then called the police. The receptionist also called the police.

Luckily and unbeknownst to the Mexican woman, all of this was caught on video tape. The police officer(s) said this is a common scam happening lately. A person will come in and deliberately create some kind of problem and when confronted will scream racism, call the cops, and try to sue. So far my SIL has not heard of a lawsuit being filed against the company but that is to be seen.


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1 posted on 04/19/2006 12:40:01 PM PDT by beaversmom
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2 posted on 04/19/2006 12:46:09 PM PDT by txroadkill
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All it takes is for one person to ruin it for everybody.

I can imagine that in the future the response to the request will be, "I'm sorry but this is a private business. If you don't have any matters to discuss with anyone here and there is no emergency, I am going to have to ask you to leave the premises for the safety of our employees and visitors."
3 posted on 04/19/2006 12:46:58 PM PDT by weegee ("CBS NEWS? Is that show still on?" - freedomson)
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That is why every business should be WITHOUT video tape, armed and have an untraceable throwdown gun on the premisis. A robbery gone bad is all the police have to know.

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4 posted on 04/19/2006 12:48:24 PM PDT by speed_addiction (And the Lord said, "Who shall I send? Who will stand for us?" Said I, "Here I am...Send me.")
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People think that is a joke but reports have it that is just how the Reverend Jackson operates.

And it is nothing new among leftists. Abbie Hoffman, Black Panthers, and other radicals met with the producers of the first Woodstock concert and demanded that they be given $10,000 (in 1969 no less) as well as space to put out their agitprop or else face the consequences of bad advance publicity and possibly worse. Considering that at the actual event, the fences were torn down and the food vendors' booth was burned down by arsonists, and Abbie Hoffman tried to hijack the mic during the Who's performace, who knows what "consequences" they were threatening.


5 posted on 04/19/2006 12:50:54 PM PDT by weegee ("CBS NEWS? Is that show still on?" - freedomson)
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That is why every business should be WITHOUT video tape, armed and have an untraceable throwdown gun on the premisis. A robbery gone bad is all the police have to know.

I see. You advocate murder to avoid a false lawsuit.

Please tell me your place of business, that I might avoid it.

6 posted on 04/19/2006 12:51:25 PM PDT by BeHoldAPaleHorse ( ~()):~)>)
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See, I don't advocate vigilantism. Exposure of those who cry wolf is the best tactic.


7 posted on 04/19/2006 12:53:13 PM PDT by weegee ("CBS NEWS? Is that show still on?" - freedomson)
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You can't do anything nice for anyone anymore because you don't know what their motives are. I had a young Mexican girl knock on our door at 4 o'clock in the morning a couple of weeks ago. She was crying and said she lived really far away and wanted to go home. My husband was downstairs by that point and she said she had been at a party (Tuesday night/Wednesday morning BTW) and the people had came to the party with left her there. I asked her if she wanted me to call the police and
she wailed that she didn't want that. She said she needed a couple of dollars and would try to catch a bus. We gave her a couple of bucks in change and she was on her way. Her story may have been genuine but I was leary of her motives. No way was I going to have my husband take her home to wherever she lived--she could have claimed anything at that point.

Anyway, I was kind of grateful she came to our door because
she also informed us that our garage door was open--our garage is full of stuff we would rather not have stolen.


8 posted on 04/19/2006 12:54:56 PM PDT by beaversmom
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I see. You advocate murder to avoid a false lawsuit.

Please tell me your place of business, that I might avoid it.


Gee, that is too bad. We are having a great sale on sarcasm and facetiousness detectors. Apparently you are in need of a new one.

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9 posted on 04/19/2006 12:55:11 PM PDT by speed_addiction (And the Lord said, "Who shall I send? Who will stand for us?" Said I, "Here I am...Send me.")
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Gee, that is too bad. We are having a great sale on sarcasm and facetiousness detectors. Apparently you are in need of a new one.

You need to use XML-compliant sarcasm and facetiousness tags.

10 posted on 04/19/2006 12:58:28 PM PDT by BeHoldAPaleHorse ( ~()):~)>)
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A friend used to stop to help women with flat tires but one accused him of rape when a cop stopped. If his mother had not been in his car to witness the entire event, he probably would have gotten the Duke Lacross student treatment. Now when he sees people with car trouble, he just passes right on by.

The 'bitch' who accused him had a lawyer send letters demanding money for damaged lug nuts, improper wear caused by poor fitting of spare tire, and crap like that. He finally had to get his own lawyer to fire off a cease and desist letter.

11 posted on 04/19/2006 1:02:04 PM PDT by pikachu (For every action there is an equal and opposite government program)
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Wow! It's a shame but you really do have to be careful about whom you help out.


12 posted on 04/19/2006 1:07:54 PM PDT by beaversmom
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You advocate murder to avoid a false lawsuit.

You say that like it's a bad thing ....

13 posted on 04/19/2006 1:46:28 PM PDT by Mad Dawg (If you find yourself in a fair fight, you did not prepare properly.)
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An old friend had someone try something like that on him once. He mailed the attorney a new piece of .357 brass with a note asking if he wanted the rest of the assembly. The letters ceased.


14 posted on 04/19/2006 1:49:43 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Immigration Control and Border Security -The jobs George W. Bush doesn't want to do.)
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First it's getting to come to this country illegally, free education, welfare and medical attention. Now, they're looking to take people's livelihood and property away through lawsuits. If Congress and the President don't handle this situation, the common man will.
15 posted on 04/19/2006 1:52:07 PM PDT by wolfcreek
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The scam artist is the one that needs to tread lightly. Not me or any other law abiding citizen of this Country.

As the saying goes 'you need to watch your back' as opposed to you need your back watched.

16 posted on 04/19/2006 1:52:19 PM PDT by chapin2500
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I was being approached to represent Hispanics in similar meritless situations back in 1990.


17 posted on 04/19/2006 2:42:24 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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ping


18 posted on 04/19/2006 2:46:45 PM PDT by beaversmom
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Glad they had that camera. It's bad enough what the lady is doing but it really makes me mad that the kids are being taught this kind of thing.


19 posted on 04/19/2006 2:55:17 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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So now I guess our hispanic "guests" are doing the work that even American gypsies won't do. <sarc
20 posted on 04/19/2006 9:42:25 PM PDT by BruceysMom (.I'm hot & not in a good way, menopause ain't for sissies.)
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