Exactly, but you would think there is someone way of stopping someone going around pretending to be someone he's not, with a story that's not, true to get money out of people. Fraud maybe?
Not that he got money out of me. But he has succeeded many times before. On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Marlin Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thursday, 2 July 2015 20:46:09 UTC+2, steve.killick wrote: >> >> >> I went to Woodstock PS today. Const Van Blerk said its not the same >> suspect although they do look quite similar. >> >> He went on to say that we can not lay a charge for scamming as the money >> was not forcefully taken. >> >> Rather disappointing ... ? >> > > If force was used, it would be robbery. Scamming generally involves giving > the money to someone > because they have convinced you to do so. Force is seldom involved. > > That sounds incorrect. > >> -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > > TEL: 021-447-1066 or 072-063-1653 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > EMERGENCIES: 10111 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ONW email: [email protected] > WEB: www.obswatch.org.za > FACEBOOK: facebook.com/obswatch > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Other Useful Obs Numbers: obs.org.za/obsdir > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send > email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send > email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this > group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood Watch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Steve Killick Cell 084 447 5544 email: [email protected] -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room TEL: 021-447-1066 or 072-063-1653 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCIES: 10111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ONW email: [email protected] WEB: www.obswatch.org.za FACEBOOK: facebook.com/obswatch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Useful Obs Numbers: obs.org.za/obsdir You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood Watch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
