They're not all useless wankers all of the time.

[Hetzer]

For a nice change, real policing with real results for real people.

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7990485.stm
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[hellkat]

Ah, some of them have been out "catching proper criminals" then?
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[Skudd]

They were only doing their job. The sheep deserve to ripped off. They only found it by mistake as they were looking for innocent people having a spliff.
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[hellkat]

ACTUALLY ... I think it serves those people right.
Greed propels them to respond to those things.
Greed and stupidity.

Several times I have discouraged idiot types from responding to those sorts of letters. You want to shout at them "But NOBODY gives away free money!! Did you buy a lottery ticket to that lottery? No, you bought one to the national lottery, not to some obscure lottery!!"

Surprising the number of people who try and convince you (and themselves) that the 50p raffle ticket they bought at the church fete/tripe-eaters social event/rugby club/street party MIGHT be the reason why they've received this letter

Dolts.

You'd think the police have better things to do with their time than catch people just making an honest living out of parting fools from their money.
/tongue-cheek
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[Tonka]

This was discussed on Breakfast telly this morning and there was a chap whose mother has been scammed for years and had lost thousands. She was 90+ and he described her as silly, she was promptly defended by the Police representative who was trying to explain that the majority of the people targeted are very 'vulnerable' not silly. What I hadn't realised is that once they have sent money or responded these individuals are absolutely bombarded with more and more scams some including free gifts to keep them on board.
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[GhostRider]

Yeah this was discussed on Jeremy Vines slot on Radio 2 today, some women phoned in about her dad being conned out of £86,000 within 10 months.

Im not so sure about this "Vunerable" lark. Being old doesn't automatically make you a retard and lose all common sense, even if someone did have dementia it's curious how they are able to read/respond to these letters, and bounce money around left to right whilst not clueing that something is amiss....

GhostRider
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[igiyf]

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[Tonka]

I think it's the definition/use of the word vulnerability that is in question.

From the telly the implication was that this old lady was 'naive' and didn't think that anyone would lie and be deceitful enough to fleece her out of money, rather than she'd gone gaga!

More to do with a generation of trusting individuals, as well as those that have various mental impairments.
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[hellkat]

OK fair enough, I'm occasionally prone to bouts of naiveté myself, and understand that of an older gentler generation.

But still! Come on, Nan...! If you didn't *enter* the fancy competition with a £20million prize, how could you have won it from a 50p raffle ticket for a bottle of sherry down at the knitting club?


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[hellkat]