> my father has been the victim of scams for years now, he is 84
> suffers from dementia and will not listen to us. we have tried the mail
> preference service it has made no difference. I am familiar with all the
> addresses in canada, the Netherlands, and Southall. He is regularly
> purchasing items of rubbish that he never uses because they offer entry to
> prize draws. He is also regularly sending cash or cheques for so called
> guaranteed prize money. We can find no way to convince him that these are
> scams and it is devastating to watch. I believe that it should be made
> illegal to send these scam letters and frankly even so called reputable
> firms like Readers Digest should be looked into as i think this was where
> it all started for my father.

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