| Beware everyone. This might be another internet fraud. Can anyone remember an email with a storyline like this… I am an 21 years old Nigerian who need 20 000 USD in order to escape Apartheid in Africa. My family blah blah….some pathetic story that had made at least 10 dozen round around the globe cheating charitable individuals in the world to put money in his/ her bank account. This is a similarly heart wrenching story of young man who might be losing his life. But the bottom line is, how do you know this is real? There has been so many internet frauds in recent years, especially in China. This might be just another way the original internet fraud spam is presenting itself in. And most importantly, how do you know such a person ever exist? Even if he does exist, how do you know the money will end up in his hand and not somebody elses? Hoe can you believe someone whom you have never even meet face-to face? This is not a recognized charitable NGOs mind you? It is a group made up of nameless individuals who claimed they have come together for a clause. But do you know who they are? What do you have against their words? How can you bring yourself to put your hard earned money in their hands? I, for one, donated 50 bucks to a Chinese peidu mama in Singapore who appeared on TV in Singapore when her daughter died. She claimed he does not have the money for her funeral and donations came flooding in. She “strike a lottery” of 3 millions SGD (equivalent to 2 million USD) because kind hearted individuals bought her story and hence she got more than what she bargained for. This particular women then promised to donate the money in excess to charity and disappeared the very next day. It was later discovered that she went back to china with an equivalent of 14 millions RMB, built herself a new villa, bought new bungalows, new BMW and Mercedes. Ask yourself, is this how you want your money to be spent? How do you know how the money would be spent if it is in excess of the medical bills? Next, I don’t even believe that cancer treatment in China can come up to 400 000RMB. Jian Shuo made this sounded like a reasonable amount by mentioning this is equivalent to USD 50K. But they aren’t. Let me ask you, can you say a Chinese specialist in china earn the equivalent of what a US based surgeon would earn in a month? So does a Chinese doctor earn the equivalent of USD 15K a month (equivalent of 120 000 RMB) per month? The cost a medicine and consultation in China arent even anywhere close to the cost of health care in USA. So does the quality of health care. It is not a fair conversion at all. Not unless he intends to fly to USA for treatment using your donations. I would rather donate my money to the International Humanitarian Fund than to throw it away to tricksters. I am dead sure that 400 000 RMB is in excess of what he needs. And the extra would go to the payment of somebody’s new villa, condominium or branded European cars. And that is not how I would like my money spent…. How about you? |
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