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We Goans are aware that Goa has become a heaven for conmen. The reason
being that Goans are not only sucegad by nature, they have come paranoid about
making a fast buck, for they see everyone is on the take and rolling in
money. Therefore it is but natural that conmen have found Goa a very
lucrative destination. In the bargain, have Goans lost their life savings? You
can say that again. More than paranoia, Goans by nature are trusting ....
and therefore thus goes this live story that happened today.
I happened to be visiting my colleague (in the Party), Mr. Mathias Vaz, more better known as 'Maureen Printers', Panjim. He took me aside saying that he had something confidential to discuss with me. So we sat in my car and he got talking. He told me that his son wanted to expand the business and wanted to purchase a new digital printing machine costing about 25 lacs. That he found this ad on the newspapers offering loans at 4% p.a. On his own the younster called up the company and was visited by the company's representative, Mr. Rocky Fernandes (not a Goan) from Mumbai. The financing plan was that the client shells out Rs. 2000/- up front as processing fees. Once the application is verified and accepted by the company (with xerox of financial details of the borrower), the financing company either sanctions the loan or does not. In that case, the client forfeits Rs. 2000/- if the loan is sanctioned (being processing fees) or gets back only Rs. 1500/- if the loan application is rejected. So far so good. But then there was, as is to be understood, a hidden cost to this transaction. The client pays 7% as brokerage fees to the representative on the loan amount sanctioned. Therefore the brokerage on Rs. 25 lacs is Rs 1.75 lacs. But this brokerage was to be paid upfront before the loan was sanctioned. By this time the father of the younster was involved and he told the company representative that the very fact that loan was sought was because there was no money. He told the rep he could go fly a kite. But the rep was very moved with the story of there being no money and reduced the 7% to 2% saying that he understood a genuine case when he saw one. The figure came down to Rs. 50,000/- from 1.75 lacs. Still my colleage cribbed that 50 grands was too much for him to get his hands on. The rep was moved further and reduced the amount to 1%, the figure now coming to Rs. 25 grands. Here, my colleague told me that he has stalled the rep saying that he will need time to collect the 25 grands and has asked him to come by today at 11 a.m., just the time of the day as we were talking. Mathias, I said. This is a conman. He will fly when you give him the 25 grands. Lets go, I said. He asked me where to. To Bosco George, I said, the Superintendent of Police , the ACB (Anti-Corruption-Bureau). So we headed for Altinho. Bosco George contacted SP Bosuet D'Silva (Crime Branch) at the Dona Paula PS and requested him to take up the matter. We went there, had a brief interaction with him, fixed an encounter for the rep aka Rocky Fernandes at Mathias's shop at 4 p.m. The stage was set up. The rep walked in at 4 p.m. The cops were waiting outside. The leader cop in civies was introduced to the rep as a friend by Mathias, who also needed a loan on his flat. The rep readily agreed. He was nabbed and searched there and then. The Cop found many a rubber stamps of various denominations such as Director, Manager, General Manager in his bag which he could not explain. This guy was all in one with different names on different visiting cards. He was also found with about 12 or so other applications where he has transacted business already. In short this conman would have flown in a day's time after collecting on all his transactions. At the moment the rep is cooling his heels at the cop station with all the other gullible loan seekers being systematically contacted (Panjim, Mapusa, Margao etc). According to them the rep was supposed to see most of them during the course of the day to collect the money which was waiting for him. He will be produced in the court for remand tomorrow. Voila! This is the first of its kind, " THE GOASURAJ PARTY'S STING OPERATION". Public is hereby warned to be more alert. Goa has become a free for all for these conmen. Maybe these charlies are paying hafta to the politicians who count. Otherwise, the politicians would have cautioned the police a long time ago. And those politicians who are out of power now cannot be excused either. If it was Goa Su-Raj in the driving seat, each and every newspaper would be scanned for these hoax advertisements. The police party would be the first incognito client to approach the conmen. That would be the 'FINITO DE LA MUSICA" for the con game in Goa and Goans would be saved from the trauma of losing their life's savings. goasuraj ACTION ACTION ACTION
The Goa Su-Raj Party has decided to embark on a 'SUSTAINED
AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN' against Corruption in general, and,
the people's as well as the government's tolerance to unclean, unsanitized
environment in the state of GOA. This campaign was contemplated much
earlier but could not be put into action for want of a test case, more so,
because this Party is a party of 'Action' more than just talk, And because
it believes that the said 'Action' must come from the people themselves who have
the sense of belongingness. Now that, in the above sting operation,
as well as the Letter Petition in the High Court of Bombay at Goa coming up for
admittance on Monday, 17 October, 2005, there is a leader to be followed.
The Party calls upon one and all, those who want to aggressively
stand up against the above mentioned two programmes for Goa and be
counted, to do one of the two, or, both of these things:-.
1. Call up the Party's office on 2266111 and become a life
time crusader to fight the above sickness. Be a life-member and belong to an
organization that will not give you reason to put your head down in shame but
keep it up high, always, in self respect and pride of belongingness.
2. On your own, if you are resourceful, insert this
'APPEAL' in any of the local newspapers of your choice, of your own free
will, if you feel that this Party is on the right
track. This because the Party does not have the kind of
resources to indulge into this financially crippling activity, to do good
for Goa and for Goans. This is the sole reason of us writing to the
High Court of Bombay at Goa in the individual capacity rather than as an
organisation, about the garbage being dumped into the Mapusa river by the Mapusa
Municipality, with abandon.
THE APPEAL
Dear Aggressive Goans,
Help Goa steer clear from the prevailing sickness of
Goans being taken for 'JOLLY GOOD RIDES' by CON-MEN of every denomination.
Help open the eyes of the 'PAID AUTHORITIES' and 'PAID PEOPLE'S
REPRESENTATIVES' so that they may see that the ORDINARY CITIZEN' can do
what they are paid to do. Help Goans, including yourself, to live in
a DECENT, CLEAN, SANITIZED environment, where each one being conscious of
his/her responsibility towards building a clean, sanitized and beautiful Goa.
Join the CRUSADE, today, by lifting your telephone and dialing 2266111 to
be a part and parcel of the 'ARMY OF CRUSADERS' to defend your rights while
remembering that you will be doing 'YOURSELF' a service rather than to the
LEADER, leading the 'CRUSADE'. For, it is said that 'ONE MUST FIRST
DIE TO GO TO HEAVEN'
Issued on behalf of Goa Su-Raj Party
(Name OR, ' A CRUSADER)
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