Thank you for that. I have written again to FraudAlert. Sincerely hoping these cynical fraudsters can be brought down & ( preferably ) locked up.
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This is the reply that I got re checking the Not for profit status via that link : Cipro Alerts Alert@cipc.co.za 6:50 AM (5 hours ago) to me Good day, We acknowledge the receipt of your email. Unfortunately this office cannot assist you with this query as this is not a fraud related matter. Pleas
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I have done this. I hope this is an organisation with some teeth ?
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I look forward very much to seeing these 'course materials' Thanks for sharing them
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There is a way to tell the wheat from the chaff when it comes to 'spiritual' leaders and groups. I do not think there is any problem with adopting a way of learning concentration or insight, there are many time honoured methods, and it makes sense that when you are learning something, you try to follow the instructions, and generally give it your best shot. If after a while, you f
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Actually the illiteracy winds me up, too. It wouldn't so much, if it wasn't that she's pretending to channel some very erudite people....
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Very very useful and interesting comments, thanks to all the recent contributors.
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But even still, where our hearts are naturally inclined toward revenge, Peck cautions us, coaxing us toward pity for these wretched creatures. He suggests that whatever vile hellaciousness we could dream up as pay back should be tempered with the notion that these folks have consigned themselves to live in a hell of their own making (kind of like Annabella Sciorra in the movie, WHAT DREAMS MAY CO
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I tried a couple of years ago to flag the Hitler material up to various Jewish organisations, thinking they might be interested to know what was going on ! No-one ever acknowledged my letters, I think they probably thought it was just too off the wall to get involved with.
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My sympathies. I too have lost a very dear friend to the Desteni fraud. . What is worse, is to see him spiral into chaos and madness. But this is an older person.... most of them are very young, and the most likely outcome is that they will come through it all OK and at worst, remember these years with embarrassment. I hope this will be the case with your friend.
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So who would be best placed to file a complaint, and get the SA police investigating? would it have to be based on having had more contact than just having read their forum?
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Re : (I've watched some new entries on their 'introduce yourself'-forum that might actually get Desteni into trouble: some of those new recruits talked about not even being out of highschool yet, which would suggest that they are quite possibly around or under 18. If any money-transactions had taken place in these cases, Desteni might get into serious trouble with the law from
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Isn't the most obviously fake thing about Desteni, the 'Portal' ? doesn't this really cast doubt on anything else they say, and why they say it ?
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Hi. Again,my sympathies ! Do you know how much money your daughter gives to Bernard & Co ? There was some talk of an IR investigation. Surely there must be some legal way to end this scam ?
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I think not very many, considering how proactive they are on the net. But OMG, once a vulnerable person has swallowed the 'Portal' it is hook, line and sinker, all the way. The more extreme the belief, the more desperately the mind has to defend itself against doubt. ....
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I am writing from England, and I don't know who the SARS are. But I sincerely hope they are an organisation with some teeth. I would do anything I could to prevent Bernard Poolman and Co from spreading their cynical poison. Very very glad to hear about the Youtube bans. What can I do, practically, to help this happen more widely?
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