A Real Good Scam

This will eventually present itself to you via snail mail. Don't be fooled. A very nice printed letter arrives from (fill in the blank) and her husband and kids. Appropriate family photo accompanies the letter. But it's the story that grabs you because it hits so many buttons and seems to check out. The material is from LELDF (Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund) in VA and the letter from the wife tells you a story that sounds very much like the two Border Patrol agents, Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, that Bush threw in the slammer a year ago. He is a decorated cop with umpteen years on the police force, decorated several times for good deeds, shot, stabbed, and shot at many times; received awards from the Department of Justice, and is a Marine Corps vet. The story is that he will go to jail for absolutely nothing and leave his large family without any means of support. Trust me, this is a real gut wrenching letter begging for some help so they can hire lawyers and allow the truth to come out at trial, one which may or may not be a kangaroo court. The story is long, the letter is perfectly written (just amatuerish enough to sound really really honest).

I had the check made out but I decided to Google mommy, daddy, and the Defense Fund. I went to Snopes and no further.

Thank you, Google. The Defense Fund exists but has a horrible record of keeping almost all of the money they collect (improved from keeping 92% to now only 82%) but the facts surrounding the "victims" just don't check out. I found my guy had a spotty record at best, was a floater from police force to police force, and had a few charges of assault against him. There's more, but you get my drift.

If you get a letter it will claim to be from (a single mom, a mom with a huge family set adrift by liberal courts, and probably ten variations) a sympathetic person, with a lovely little family of smiling kiddies (color photo included in package), and if you don't check it out you will send your money to a very questionable cause. Bernie Madoff it ain't but a scam is a scam. Check carefully because this is a very clever operation.

Add: Officer Lawlor has a lot of support and this support says in sum that he is being railroaded. He was charged by a Grand Jury (we know how unreliable they are) but his defenders continue to scream???