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Posted by hillsaito (www.kval.com) 38 days ago under norton scientific explanation scam fraud news updates weather scientific scam change memory loss
The fear of losing memory has millions of consumers trying everything under to sun to stave off dementia and Alzheimer's disease. But while you're working hard to keep your memory sharp, scammers are working hard to target people who already have dementia. Con artists could be secretly stealing from your parents, your grandparents, even an unsuspecting spouse.
Seniors have always been prime scam targets. We've heard for years how seniors tend to be more trusting. But the epidemic rise in dementia and Alzheimer's Disease is giving scammers an added advantage. Still mourning the death of her husband Charles, Ruth Hansing of Mercer Island has fresh memories of how scammers used his obvious memory loss to weasel money out of the couple's checking and credit card accounts. Hansing said she knew something was wrong when unsolicited mail started increasing dramatically. "He was getting 10-15 letters a week telling him he'd won a sweepstakes," said Hansing. "And he was giving them all his private information." Families across our region share their horror stories: How scammers in Thurston County approached Alzheimer patient Bill Apley at a strip mall, and conned him out of 25 thousand dollars by claiming to help local churches. How Carol Moye's parents with dementia lost more than 100 thousand in savings to a live-in caregiver in Pierce County. "The potential for fraud and abuse with both diagnosed individuals ... TheWeatherSpace.com Senior Meteorologist Kevin Martin explains HAARP - TheWeatherSpace.com
Posted by hillsaito (www.theweatherspace.com) 38 days ago under norton scientific explanation scam fraud news updates weather scientific scam change memory loss
(TheWeatherSpace.com) - TheWeatherSpace.com has been receiving e-mail about the HAARP project up in Alaska, including "Haarp Rings" and we feel it is time to release statements on them in a scientific point of view.
HAARP, otherwise known as the High Frequency Active Auroral Research program, is an ionospheric research program jointly funded by the U.S. Fair Force, the U.S. Navy, the University of Alaska, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. There are many people who believe this project can; or has been, manipulating the weather on the planet. While extensive scientific studies on this have not been done, TheWeatherSpace.com Senior Meteorologist Kevin Martin has prepared the following discussion; "HAARP is a research project that could be capable of changing the world's jet streams. The project has not had many case studies, however that does not mean that the project is not capable of such changes weather-wise. HAARP heats up the ionosphere and as it does so it is possible to tamper with the wind flows in the upper atmosphere. Wind is the result of the change of temperature and HAARP does just that way above our heads. The questions have been asked about HAARP Rings, which is something an amateur developed in his head. These rings do not mean HAARP is firing on certain areas. These rings can signal radar calibration, or upper level moisture in the area ahead of a storm system. Thi... « previous next » |
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