Fraud Tactics

NEW TACTICS

Someone shared the following cases :

(1) Today I passed by a building which has an ATM machine.
There was an old man looking at me. Suddenly, he called me.
He said he didn't know how to read, so he gave me his
ATM card and asked me to help him withdraw money from the
ATM machine. I answerd 'NO!! If you need help, ask the
security to help you.' Then he said
'nevermind...' and continued to find other people
to help him...

REMEMBER : ATM machines have CCTVs. If you help him he will
later claim that you have robbed him or stolen his ATM card.
Besides, his ATM card could be a stolen one. So please be
careful of these tactics.

(2) Suddenly your house lights go off. From your window you
find that your neighbours still have lights. So you go out
of your house to check the
Meter Box. But once you open the door, a knife will be
pointing at you and preventing you from closing it. This is
when you will be robbed and injured.

REMEMBER : Even though your electricity suddenly goes off,
DO NOT open your door immediately. Look around to see if
there is anything unusual or if there is any noise around.

(3) This is another incident. You may have heard it before,
it is about a lady who she saw a kid crying by the roadside.
When she spoke to the kid, the kid told her he was lost and
wanted her to take him home. The kid even gave her a paper
with his house address. So she took him home. But when she
rang the door bell, she had an electric shock. Later when
she woke up, she was naked in an empty room.

REMEMBER : Being such a compassionate and helpful person
might not be a good thing these days. Pass this on and
girls, please be careful..
DON'T BE TOO KIND!!

(4) One day, there was an old lady outside my house holding
2 packets of sweets. At first I thought she was our
neighbour and wanted to give us these packs of sweets as a
gift. But then when she spoke, I can realised that she was
foreigner. I could not understand what she was talking
about. I guessed she must be asking for money.I sensed there
was
something wrong and immediately closed the door and ignored
her. Later, I found she and an accomplice robbed someone
else down the road.

(5) I was at the ATM machine to withdraw some money. Behind
me, there was an old lady. She asked me whether I was able
to withdraw my money because she said she had problem with
her machine. Suddenly a small girl came up beside me. The
small girl was squeezing infront of me. I thought she was
just naughty and playful. But then, the small girl put her
hand at the tray of the ATM machine where the money comes
out, ready to take away my money. I sensed something wrong
and immediately pushed her away. Later I realised that the
small girl and the old lady worked together. She was trying
to steal my money while the old lady was trying to distract
my attention by asking me questions!

REMEMBER: BE VERY CAREFUL when you are at an ATM machine
and be alert. Look out for anyone suspicious around you!

(6) My parents are retired and stay at home most days. One
afternoon, a young stranger went to their house and said his
motorcycle had no more petrol and the petrol station was too
far for him to push his bike there. So he asked my parents
for an empty coke bottle to buy some petrol. He said he will
pay RM2 for the bottle. So my mum took one coke bottle for
him. He really took out the money from his pocket, but it
was a RM 100 note. He told my mum he had no small change and
asked my mum to give him the change. Luckily my mum was
smart. She just told him to take it for free.

REMEMBER : obviously that note is fake!! Who would want to
pay for RM2 for an empty coke bottle!! It's very OBVIOUS
that that stranger is a trickster.


(7) This happened in Bali . A newly married couple were
having their honeymoon at the hotel. When both are in the
changing room, the wife suddenly went missing. The husband
was very anxious and went around to find her. He asked the
hotel staff to help him find her. Then he thought his wife
was just playing hide and seek. So he went back and waited
for his wife. After a few hours, he decided to call the
police. 3 weeks passed and there was still no news about his
missing wife. So he went back and was very dissapointed and
sad. A few years later, he came back to Bali , to watch a
'FREAK SHOW' in an old house. He saw a dirty and
rusty metal cage. Inside there was a lady without limbs. Her
body including the face was full of scars. When he had a
closer look at her face, he was shocked to find that it was
her missing wife put there as a means for begging.

(8) This happened in Shanghai . A few years ago, a lady
reported to the police that her cousin sister was missing in
the shopping complex. But after 5 years, one of her friends
found her cousin sister begging at the road side one of the
streets in Bangkok , Thailand . The worst thing is that her
cousin sister has no more limbs and her body was tied to a
lamp post with a shackle (metal chain).

(9) Let's just shorten this story. DO NOT open your
house door when you hear the sound of a BABY CRYING!! It
might be a trap! Women in the house must be alert to this
trick. The police said it is the work of a robber or
murderer using the recording of a baby crying to attract
your attention. This normally happens at night and when you
are alone in the house.

(10) I read an email that was sent by my friend. Her
friend, known as A, went to Luo Hu Commercial City with 2
friends, B and C. Luo Hu Commercial City is the Shenzhen
counterfeit goods distribution center. There are many people
there. It's also near to the ShenZhen train station and
Hong Kong 's Luo Hu Port. C went to the toilet at the
shpping centre while A and B waited outside. After waiting
for a long, time they felt uneasy and went into the toilet
to look for her. When they went in, there was nobody inside.
Both were scared and they called C's phone. There was no
reply. So they reported to the police. The police asked them
whether they had seen anyboby suspicious going into the
toilet. Both said there were none and its impossible to
bring a life person out of the toilet without them
noticing!. Then A remembered seeing a cleaner pushing a
trolley in, and then coming out. The police told them that
was not the 1st time such a thing happened. The police
suspected a gang of criminals who were always attacking
women in the the toilet of shopping complexes. They use
cleaners to kidnap people to harvest their organs for sale.

REMEMBER : please be careful when using the toilet. Donot
go to the wash room or toilet ALONE!! Please at least have a
partner with you.

Breathing Therapy

Practice this way and it will help you...
>
>> Our noses have left and right nostrils. Are these
> nostrils having the same function for inhaling (breathe in) and exhaling
> (breathe out)?

Actually it's not the same and we can feel the
> difference. Accordingly, the right side represents the sun and the left
> side represents the moon.

When having headache, try to close your right
> nostril and use your left nostril to do breathing for about 5 min. The
> headache will be gone.

If you feel too tired, do it the opposite way.
> Close your left nostril and breathe through your right nostril. After a
> while, you will feel refresh again.

Because the right side belongs to heat, so it
> gets hot easily. The left side gets cold easily.

Women breathe mainly with their left nostril, so
> they get calm down easily. Men breathe mostly with their right nostril, so
> they get angry easily.

When we wake up, do we notice which nostril
> breathes faster? Is it the left side or the right side?

If the left nostril breathes faster, you will
> feel very tired. Close your left nostril and use your right nostril for
> breathing and you will get refresh quickly.

You can teach your kids about it. The effect of
> breathing therapy is much better for adults.

I used to have painful headache. When consulted a
> doctor, he told me jokingly," You will be all right if you get married!"
> The doctor did not bullshit me as he had his theory and supported with
> testimony.

During that time, I used to have headache every
> night and I was not able to study.. I took medicine but I was not cured.
One night as I sat down to medidate, I closed my
> right nostril and breathed with my left nostril. In less than a week, it
> seemed that my headache problem had left me! I continued doing it for
> about a month and since then there was no recurrence of headache in me.

This is my own experience. I used to tell others
> who also suffer headache to try this method as it was effective for me.
> It also works for those who have tried as well. This is a natural
> therapy, unlike taking medicines for a long time may have side effect.
> So, why don't you try it out?

Practice the correct ways of breathing (breathe
> in and breathe out) and your body will be in a very relaxing condition.

Do you know the reason why Singapore government restricts the citizens not to chew gum ??

Here is the story !!!

One day Lee Kwan Yew went to Thailand and had a lobster at the dinner with the THAI KING.

After LEE finished, he asked the King.

Lee : Your Highness, what can you do with this lobster skin ??
King : We cannot do anything with it. We just throw away.
Lee : Oh, no. In our country, we send it to the factory and produce some Prawn crackers.

Then, Lee had an orange. After he finished, he asked the King.
Lee : What can we do with this orange skin ??
King : We cannot do anything. We just throw it away.
Lee : Oh, no. In Singapore , we send it to the factory and produce some Orange jam.

Then Lee asked for some chewing gum. After he finished, he put it on the plate and asked The King.
Lee : What can we do with the chewing gum ??
King : Oh,no. We just throw it away.
Lee : In Singapore , we send it to the factory and produce condom, then send it to Thailand .

Lee said good-bye to the king, and The King asked Lee.

King : What can we do with condom when you finish using it ??
Lee : We cannot do anything. We just throw it away.
King : In Thailand , when we finished using the condom, we send it to the factory to produce chewing-gum and send it back to Singapore !!!

Heart Attack & drink warm water

A very good article which takes two minutes to read. Sent by a friend who had about 25 or 30 years in the field with such emergencies ... .I'm sending this to persons I care about ... ... why not do the same ?????

This is a very good article. Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about Heart Attacks. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food.. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

Common Symptoms Of Heart Attack ...
A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting . Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.

Healing Foods

Could hot cocoa be the next "wonder drug"
For high blood pressure?
Harvard researchers praise stunningly simple discovery!

According to recent estimates, nearly 1-in-3 American adults has high blood pressure. But for the Kuna Indians living on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama , hypertension doesn't even exist. In fact, after age 60, the average blood pressure for Kuna Indian islanders is a perfect 110/70.


Is it because they eat less salt? No. Kuna Indians eat as much, if not more salt, than people in the U.S.
Is it due to their genes? No. Kuna Indians who move away from the islands are just as likely to suffer from high blood pressure as anyone else!
So what makes these folks practically "immune" to hypertension -- and lets them enjoy much lower death rates from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and cancer?


Harvard researchers were stunned to discover it's because they drink about 5 cups of cocoa each day. That's right, cocoa!
Studies show the flavonols in cocoa stimulate your body's production of nitric oxide -- boosting blood flow to your heart, brain, and other organs. In fact, one study found cocoa thins your blood just as well as low-dose aspirin!
But that's not all. A Harvard Medical School professor claims cocoa can also treat blocked arteries, congestive heart failure, stroke, dementia, even impotence!



Painless cholesterol cure
works in just 7 days -- and drives
the "food police" crazy!
Want to lower your cholesterol so fast it'll make your head spin? It's a breeze, just eat guacamole -- or any dish containing avocados!


Most health experts and nutritionists will tell you this rich, delicious Mexican dish is BANNED from any cholesterol- watcher's menu. But not Dr. Steven Pratt. That's because new research shows eating avocados can lower your cholesterol even faster than drugs... without the side effects!
One study found after just 7 days on a diet including avocados, LDL ("bad") cholesterol and triglyceride levels dropped by 22 percent. Meanwhile, HDL ("good") cholesterol shot up 11 percent -- something most cholesterol- lowering drugs won't do!



The cinnamon cure for high blood sugar


Sprinkle a little cinnamon on your toast, cereal, oatmeal, or sliced apples. It not only tastes good, it lowers your blood sugar!
In a recent study, people reduced their blood sugar levels by as much as 29 percent in just 40 days. That's with NO drugs, NO diet changes -- just plain old cinnamon!


The fat that blasts away cancer

You've been told cancer runs in families. You've been told what to eat and what NOT to eat -- including LESS fat.

Yet Dr. Steven Pratt says there's one fat you should eat MORE of. It's the monounsaturated fat called oleic acid, found in olive oil!
It should come as no surprise. After all, olive oil is a staple of the Mediterranean diet. And people in Spain and Greece are far less likely to develop cancer than in the U.S.
But what's really interesting is how olive oil not only prevents cancer, it blasts away cancer cells that already exist! So if you're even the slightest bit worried about cancer, this is one SuperFood you don't want to be without!



NEW prostate-protecting champ trumps tomatoes!

Unless you've been asleep under a rock for the past decade, you've heard the news about tomatoes. They contain a potent antioxidant called lycopene that's been proven to reduce the risk of certain cancers -- in particular, prostate cancer.

A famous Harvard study back in 1995 found that out of 48,000 men surveyed, those who ate 10 or more servings of tomatoes a week reduced their risk of prostate cancer by more than one-third. What's more, they lowered their risk of aggressive prostate tumors (the kind that are really tough to treat) by HALF!
But before you reach for that slice of pizza or bottle of ketchup, listen up. What if I told you about a sweet, refreshing food Dr. Steven Pratt recommends that's even better for your prostate than tomatoes?
This NEW prostate protecting champ is watermelon! Ounce for ounce, watermelon is even richer in lycopene than tomatoes. And since you probably eat more watermelon in one sitting than you do tomatoes, you don't have to gorge on it 10 times a week in order to slash your cancer risk! Just a few times a week should do it.


Knock out an ulcer with broccoli?!

About 25 million Americans will suffer from a peptic ulcer at some point in their lives. To get rid of their ulcers, most will take an antibiotic like amoxicillin.
Pretty tame stuff , right? Wrong! Amoxicillin can bring with it unwanted side effects like fever, nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea, headache, even a yucky condition called "hairy tongue"!
And if you think that's bad, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the cost of treating an ulcer with antibiotics over an average 17-day period can run upward of $1,000!

Check the straw before you place it inside the drinks

HORRIBLE
> STORY !!
>
> I ordered a Club Sandwich and a Sprite in a restaurant
> somewhere in
> Malaysia
> .
>
> When I finished half of the sandwich I sipped a sprite.
>
> But it didnt taste like an ordinary sprite I used to drink.
>
>
> So I sipped once more, but it still tasted the same.
>
> It tasted like a sprite mixed with some kind of oil.
>
> I called the clerk and asked him if the sprite was
> expired..
>
> He said it was just delivered today. So I asked him to
> taste it. Then he also
> found that something was wrong with it.
>
> Both of us were wondering for a while. Then I took a look
> inside the straw.
>
> There were a lot of tiny black round things that looked
> like eggs.
>
> So I cut the middle of the straw lengthwise to have a
> better look..
>
> Yuck. There were a lot of tiny black round things in it. I
> suppose they were
> eggs of cockroach. About 1000 eggs were there.
>
> Then I began to check all the other straws in the straws
> case one by one.
>
> Almost all of them contained black eggs that seemed to be
> either the cockroach
> eggs or excretions.
>
> After the incident I began to check all the straws in the
> restaurants and fast
> food chains that I had gone to.
>
> Almost of all the straws contained the same black eggs.
> Especially the darker
> the colors of straws,
>
> the more black eggs were found. In black straws, extreme
> amount of black eggs
> were found.
>
> It was found out that it's because the cockroaches live
> (hatch eggs and
> excrete) in the dark places.
>
> * 80% or more restaurants in the malls use red or black
> colored straws.
>
>
>
> SO NEXT TIME.... BE CAUTIOUS... CHECK THE STRAW BEFORE YOU
> PLACE IT INSIDE THE
> DRINKS.

Why Did Jesus Fold the Napkin?

This is one I can honestly say I have never seen circulating in the
emails so; I'll start it, if it touches you and you want to forward it.

Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection? I never
noticed this ... .

The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin, which was placed over
the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave clothes.

The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly
folded, and was placed at the head of that stony coffin.

Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the
tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the
entrance.

She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus
loved. She said, 'They have taken the Lord's body out of the
tomb, and I don't know where they have put him!'

Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see. The other disciple
outran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in
and saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in.

Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen
wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head
was folded up and lying to the side.

Was that important? Absolutely!

Is it really significant? Yes!

In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to
understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day.
The folded napkin had to do with the Master and Servant, and every
Jewish boy knew this tradition.

When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that
it was exactly the way the master wanted it.

The table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait, just
out of sight, until the master had finished eating, and the
servant would not dare touch that table, until the master was finished.

Now if the master were done eating, he would rise from the table, wipe
his fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up that
napkin and toss it onto the table.

The servant would then know to clear the table. For in those days, the
wadded napkin meant, 'I'm done'.

But if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin, and laid
it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table,
because ... ... ... .

The folded napkin meant, 'I'm coming back!'