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Sal Wise, Philly eBay Scammer Strikes Back!
Warlock7 followed up last week's bizarre story of eBay Fraud by noting "The news in Phlly ran with the story and put Sal's picture online with video. Now Sal has decided to direct all blame on his old business partner. He's put up his own site now trying to divert responsibilty away from himself and uses his kids pictures to try and garner support." It's hysterical to read the original log about how everything was his father's fault, but now get to learn about a more powerful evil named 'Vince'. It's like a soap opera that won't let me blink until the commercial.
Here's a link to a story on NBC10 (Philadelphia). Turns out that Vincent Massina is a South Philadelphia businessman who was defrauded of about $13,000 by Sal Wise.
Why am I not surprised that Sal has managed to twist this around?
Until, of course, the actual people those pictures belong to come forward and demand they be removed from his site :)
I mean really
Then again, maybe I'm just being overly untrusting. But he reminds me a lot of a few compulsive liars I've known IRL, and I wouldn't put it past them for a moment...
I live in philly too. Everything you described and the grandparent about Sal's neighborhood is extremely accurate. I've lived in Philadelphia my whole life. The cops have barely any power in some areas, either because of the mob, or just sheer numbers of gangs. Not all of philadelphia is bad, but there are a few sections that you just don't go to, and when you live here, you know that. Me personally, I live in a great neighborhood in Philly, barely any crime, I go for walks nearly every night and I have no fear in my neighborhood. But honestly in some neighborhoods, once its dark, you stay in. The bombing you were referring to was done by Philadelphia's first black mayor, Wilson Goode. It was to get rid of a radical group called MOVE who had been fighting with the city for years. The naturalists/radicals/ and everything else that composed MOVE got out of hand and seriously started disrupting the city at large. That's when our good ol' mayor decided to literally wage ware upon its citizens. With military aircraft they bombed the block that MOVE lived on, then let it burn for an hour, wiping out 60 houses and killing a few. A few people at city hall got in trouble for it, but the Mayor who actually okayed it was granted immunity. It was quite an incident, I hope I got all the details right.
Regards,
Steve
Ok, how about the woman with two kids whose husband was killed in a car accident? is that a lifestyle choice? that's my neighbor. the little pittance she got from his life insurance paid for the funeral and paid off the car and three months' mortgage. had to sell her house and get a second job. moved to where i am (a shitty area, I'm only here to use the maximum of my money for schooling) and is on TANF (temporary assistance for needy families) and food stamps, and when the TANF runs out, she'll have to try to get AFDC (aid to families with dependent children), which is not as easy as people believe.
people down on their luck aren't always "whores". In fact, if you'll consult the 2000 census, you'll see that the majority of welfare recipients are, contrary to what the Republican liars tell you, white rural families, not inner-city black single mothers who "can't keep their legs together".
Damn you unfeeling bastards and your unfair stereotypes.
Well, since he never refuted any of Justin's e-mails other than claiming he didn't write the earlier ones (establishing that they were indeed sent from his account), it certainly shows that somebody did indeed scam Justin. Given that there is no loss of credibility to Justin as of yet and the e-mails seem legit, this boils down to 2 likely possibilities which one can choose from:
1. The hospital misinformed Justin as to whether or not Sal was admitted AND the bank staff have misinformed Justin about Sal as well. In this case, it is quite possible this Vince character used Sal's computer and e-mail client. Oh and, Sal and Vince happen to have a matching writing style.
2. The bank staff is not confusing anyone with Sal and the hospital staff correctly informed Justin.
Is scenario #1 possible. Sure.
But, perhaps you ought to read all those e-mails again.