WP members GF ill with cancer

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Well I would be careful, I do not know Hale Bopp and Sean well. I have to confess that I only know a handful of people here who I have been in contact by PM.

I do not think Hale Bopp or Sean are likely to be trying to scam another member, but how do we know if the woman is telling the truth. I sincerely hope that she is being honest and that she does recover.

The "big C" AKA cancer scares me, while I dislike the idea of getting any form of cancer any cancer which is inside an important organ of mine (Heart, Brain, Liver or anything else I can not live without) has a super high fright factor. So I feel very sad for the young lady.

But keep in mind that while most people are basicly honest decent folk there are some nasty shark like monsters out there. Some of them might even pretend to have AS, so always swim with care.

My advice is to be more careful of a new member, while it might be possible for someone to fake AS on the internet the effort of doing it would not be worth it for most people. Also if you know someone in the real world (not the internet) who has had dealings with the person off line then you can find out some more about the person.

Also some things are close to impossible to fake on line, for instance if a member here claims to have published in the peer reviewed scientific press or have a PhD it is possible if you know the person's real name to check to see if a person with that name has got whatever slip of paper. If the person makes a claim which would create a paper trail which is of public record then consider checking it. For example death certificates are public documents in the UK.

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Health is a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity I am not a jigsaw, I am a free man !

Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt131622.html

For those who want more information about the subject, see the above thread.

Hale is just trying to help guys.

I don't believe there is any scamming going on here by any WP members. All are well established. If I'm not mistaken they found a tumor and do not yet know whether it is malignant. I think it's a wonderful idea to raise money for a plane ticket but the complete details of the young woman's situation are still an unknown.

just let me get my PayPal to lift my limits then i will defiantly give a donation. Hope he gets enough money to go on her trip this is a sad love reality. hope it ends with her being a cancer savior and you too living happily together. for years to come. good luck

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Scam Alert ! Scam Alert !

I spoke to my NT wife, she also thought that care is needed. She is more sure than me that it is likely to be a scam.

Is the woman asking you to transfer money by "western union" or another money transfer company whose type of transfer tends not to leave a paper trail ? If it is western union then it is likely to be a scam.

The woman who says she has a brain tumor could have been reading a medical text book, it is common knowlege that brain injury or tumor is oftein linked to headaches.

I hope that I am wrong but I have a nasty feeling about this case.

If you want to prove that the woman has a brain tumor then I would go for a little social enginnering. In case the scammer is reading I will not post the eight steps. If any of the two men involved wants to see Woodpecker's cookbook page for how to boil a scammer then PM me.

While woodpecker's eight steps are not fool proof they would require a scam artist to do a lot of work to pass, so even if the person passes the eight steps it is not a perfect indication that they are honest.

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Health is a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity I am not a jigsaw, I am a free man !

Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

I think it's a bit sad that some of you would rather raise suspicions than raise a few quid for a plane ticket. If it's a scam, it's hardly ambitious.

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if u donate donate at least with paypal since there has atleast a sligth chance to get moneys back also could u just hit paypal address to puplic where to send amounts?

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I think it was nice of Hale_bopp to try to bring this to more peoples attention. If I had some extra money to donate I would do so, but I do not unfortunately. Nevertheless, I hope Seanmw gets to go meet his girl and be supportive in person.