TJ - Story 007

My Nan was scammed out of over £40k by these vile letters.
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> Like you, we tried the Police who kindly visited and spoke to her but
> could do little else; the Post Office who said they couldn't do anything;
> Trading Standards who took the letters away but did nothing else; Social
> Services who simply said it was her money and she could do what she wanted
> with it; her GP who wasn't even interested.
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> She was receiving over 50 letters at day at its peak but did not
> understand mail merge and other 'new' computer abilities which could make
> these letters appear so personal and real. She had bags upon bags of
> cheap jewellery and useless gadgets to show for her faith. She had become
> someone obsessed with these letters, and sent off more and more in the
> hope that one of them would come through. She too became distant and lost
> her loving personality.
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> We used the death of my Grandfather to get her to sign and have her post
> redirected and told her she had to sign it to help with 'arrangements'.
> It is not easy lying to your Nan and heartbreaking to see a women who was
> so intelligent in her day being taken in by conmen.
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> Sadly her Alzeimers became worse following my Grandfather's death and she
> is now in a home. One small mercy of this is that she is finally away
> from the letters that had taken over her life.
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> Is there anyway you can start a petition to force Royal Mail to stop
> delivering these items? What about the cost to the Government of having
> to provide state care to these elderly people who have spent all their
> savings on scams? I expect this counteracts some of the money Royal Mail
> will loose. Is there anyway you can petition to take away the 'Royal' of
> Royal Mail, given that it seems to be the Queen's generation who are being
> targetted while they do nothing about it.
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> My family would be more than happy to add our name to your campaign - keep
> going as maybe the old folk who see it on the telly, will realise what is
> happening and not be taken in.
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> Well done for getting something started.