EDITORIAL : IT PAYS TO BE CAUTIOUS; DEADLY MAILER AND INVESTMENT SCAM ARE REMINDERS OF CHILDHOOD LESSONS NOT TO TRUST STRANGERS.A healthy dose of skepticism can be a lifesaver. Two recent events underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. the importance of not taking everything at face value. The arrest Sunday of a 50-year-old woman suspected of trying to mail dozens of envelopes containing a deadly substance disguised as nutritional supplements Nutritional Supplements Definition Nutritional supplements include vitamins, minerals, herbs, meal supplements, sports nutrition products, natural food supplements, and other related products used to boost the nutritional content of the diet. is disturbing news. Had patrons at a Marina del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
So far, the scheme has not claimed any lives. Police seized 100 envelopes that each held a bag filled with a teaspoon of sodium cyanide sodium cyanide n. A poisonous white crystalline compound, NaCN, used in extracting gold and silver from ores and in dye manufacture. Noun 1. powder - a poison that causes almost instant death if consumed. The bags were each attached to a brand-name brochure that claimed the substance was a nutritional supplement. The packages looked convincing, said Sheriff Sherman Block. Four people on the list of intended recipients, all living in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of state, had received similar letters from the woman, Kathryn Schoonover, in the past two months. Authorities still were trying to determine of the substance in those letters was poison. The bottom line is this: People need to be wary of unsolicited giveaways received in the mail. On a similar note, people also need to be cautious of investment plans that sound too good to be true. Unfortunately, that advice comes too late to help hundreds of mostly elderly investors who lost money to self-proclaimed homeless-man-turned-millionaire Stephen Murphy, as reported Monday. Murphy pleaded guilty to bilking millions in a real estate investment scheme. As he awaits sentencing, his victims are marveling at how easy it was for the man who claimed Donald Trump  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and Mother Teresa
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Officials who educate senior citizens on investment fraud and telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations. schemes caution people to remember that they don't have to be polite to an unknown caller, especially when it's someone trying to sell them something. Remember, it pays to be leery of strangers promising riches. |
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