Scammers Yard

Download or read book Scammer's Yard written by Jovan Scott Lewis and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Jamaican “scammers” who use crime to gain autonomy, opportunity, and repair There is romance in stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but how does that change when those perceived rich are elderly white North Americans and the poor are young Black Jamaicans? In this innovative ethnography, Jovan Scott Lewis tells the story of Omar, Junior, and Dwayne. Young and poor, they strive to make a living in Montego Bay, where call centers and tourism are the two main industries in the struggling economy. Their experience of grinding poverty and drastically limited opportunity leads them to conclude that scamming is the best means of gaining wealth and advancement. Otherwise, they are doomed to live in “sufferation”—an inescapable poverty that breeds misery, frustration, and vexation. In the Jamaican lottery scam run by these men, targets are told they have qualified for a large loan or award if they pay taxes or transfer fees. When the fees are paid, the award never arrives, netting the scammers tens of thousands of U.S. dollars. Through interviews, historical sources, song lyrics, and court testimonies, Lewis examines how these scammers justify their deceit, discovering an ethical narrative that reformulates ideas of crime and transgression and their relationship to race, justice, and debt. Scammer’s Yard describes how these young men, seeking to overcome inequality and achieve autonomy, come to view crime as a form of liberation. Their logic raises unsettling questions about a world economy that relegates postcolonial populations to deprivation even while expecting them to follow the rules of capitalism that exacerbate their dispossession. In this groundbreaking account, Lewis asks whether true reparation for the legacy of colonialism is to be found only through radical—even criminal—means.

Download or read book Elder Fraud Wars written by David Neil Kirkman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By recounting actual court cases, this book examines the multi-billion-dollar elder fraud industry, the special vulnerabilities of those it targets, and the ease and frequency with which it obtains hundreds of thousands of dollars per victim. It also reveals successful strategies for combating that industry and the important contributions to that effort by concerned bankers, doctors, reporters and others in the private sector. The cases reveal an increasingly sophisticated global industry that targets each victim with a series of repeat "hits." This tactic--criminals call it "reloading"--sets the elder fraud industry apart from groups that defraud younger individuals. Twelve key age-related fraud vulnerabilities are illustrated in the cases. So, too, are the scammers' skills in mapping their target's unique combination of vulnerabilities and then tailoring their narratives to exploit each one. Most of the cases highlight actual victims, scam artists or fraud fighters. Their individual stories range from inspiring and sometimes comical to frustrating and deeply disturbing. Readers with aging parents, law enforcement officials, medical professionals, members of the financial industry and others who work with older adults will find it particularly useful.

Download or read book The Scammers written by Daniel Davidson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Separated from his rock star wife, J.J. Walker awakens from a drunken binge to face the harsh reality that he is no longer a part of a rich and famous lifestyle. Left poor and unknown with little but a fl ashy new Rolls Royce, a speeding ticket, and a bad hangover, Walker is forced back into the working man's world he thought he'd left behind. Since the former bounty hunter, bodyguard, and skilled private investigator has no clients, zero money, and a car he can't afford, he resorts to a career as a skip tracer working for his former business partner. Walker throws himself into his new job and begins an investigation by setting up surveillance outside such exotic locations as Orange Julius and a biker tavern. In no time at all, Walker lands smack in the middle of a gang of credit scammers, skip artists, and car thieves who bring a whole new level of intrigue, danger, and excitement to his seemingly mundane life. As he probes into the lives of the ingenious and surprisingly likeable bad guys, Walker soon realizes that just when he thinks he's not going to make it in life, his luck changes.

Download or read book Schemer [sic], Scammers, and Sweetheart Deals written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scam Proof Your Life in the End Times: Justice & Restoration for Christians written by Steve Cioccolanti and published by USA Press. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scammers can target anyone, but especially trusting people like Christians. That's why Jesus told Christians to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves (Matthew 10:16). By the time a scam is discovered, oftentimes the damage is done and hard to reverse. To sue for recovery in court may cost you an arm and a leg in stress and legal fees. To expect the government to fix your scam may take a very long time. Meanwhile, you’ve been hit. What can you do? There is something that you can do if you’re a child of God. You just may not know it yet. In this book, you will learn the steps to take both spiritually and naturally to find peace and justice once you’ve been scammed. You will also be equipped with practical ways to avoid the most common scams so you do not have to become a victim. If there is one thing most needed in the Body of Christ, it is wisdom. This book will make the law-abiding citizen wise.

Download or read book The Wolf at the Door written by Michael Hackard and published by Hackard Global Media. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thai Stick written by Peter Maguire and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thailand’s capital, Krungtep, known as Bangkok to Westerners and “the City of Angels” to Thais, has been home to smugglers and adventurers since the late eighteenth century. During the 1970s, it became a modern Casablanca to a new generation of treasure seekers: from surfers looking to finance their endless summers to wide-eyed hippie true believers and lethal marauders leftover from the Vietnam War. Moving a shipment of Thai sticks from northeast Thailand farms to American consumers meant navigating one of the most complex smuggling channels in the history of the drug trade. Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter are the first historians to document this underground industry, the only record of its existence rooted in the fading memories of its elusive participants. Conducting hundreds of interviews with smugglers and law enforcement agents, the authors recount the buy, the delivery, the voyage home, and the product offload. They capture the eccentric personalities who transformed the Thai marijuana trade from a GI cottage industry into one of the world’s most lucrative commodities, unraveling a rare history from the smugglers’ perspective.