Remember my H's green card application? This just happened

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[ElizabethBennet]

^o)

[Deleted]

Uh. whoa.

[fluffaluff]

Holy smokes! That's the stuff of movies..so sorry you are all going through that. Can't imagine how scary that would be.

[speckledfrog]

I don't even know what to say.

[pedanticwench]

Did your FIL contact the local authorities?

[mbcdefg]

Why would you have given them the money?

[ElizabethBennet]

So, you just sent money no questions asked?

If this really happened (and that's a BIG if) why not contact, oh I don't know, the police?

[Deleted]

Are you a US citizen? I don't understand why you wouldn't have contacted the embassy there.

[muffin0]

Holy crap!

[Captain Serious]

Could they have had a connection at whatever entity you used to send the money? How else would they have known your FIL had the funds well before the 10th?

Also, will you share what country this is?

[Captain Serious]

I understand that in many countries, the police and justice system is not capable of handling these types of issues. Either they are corrupt, complicit, or simply ineffective.

[muffin0]

May 20, 2013 12:07:52 GMT -5 ElizabethBennet said:

So, you just sent money no questions asked?

If this really happened (and that's a BIG if) why not contact, oh I don't know, the police?

because depending on where people live the police are as messed up as the thieves?

[cleo29]

um... wow

[Deleted]

Umm...

[gozf]

This sounds... like a mess.

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May 20, 2013 12:12:43 GMT -5 muffin0 said:

May 20, 2013 12:07:52 GMT -5 ElizabethBennet said:

So, you just sent money no questions asked?

If this really happened (and that's a BIG if) why not contact, oh I don't know, the police?

because depending on where people live the police are as messed up as the thieves?

Sure, but why not the US embassy? I would have dad and mom over here as asylum seekers in 10 seconds. A far better use for the $2.5K.

[spitforspat]

Nuh uh.

[Deleted]

Yikes. Glad everything is ok, but that is QUITE a story.

[Deleted]

Why wouldn't you contact the embassy?

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May 20, 2013 12:14:50 GMT -5 elle said:

May 20, 2013 12:12:43 GMT -5 muffin0 said:

because depending on where people live the police are as messed up as the thieves?

Sure, but why not the US embassy? I would have dad and mom over here as asylum seekers in 10 seconds. A far better use for the $2.5K.

See, this is what I would do too.

[sake]

wow, that's terrible.
I don't even know what to say.
wow....

[speckledfrog]

Would the US embassy help? Her ILs aren't US citizens.

[karmasabiotch]

Call the Embassy. Of course they are going to go after him again now that they know he can produce the money.

[emptygee]

Wow, the most exciting things happen to people on this board!

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May 20, 2013 12:18:27 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

Would the US embassy help? Her ILs aren't US citizens.

It should. The parents are being targeted because they are related to a US citizen. That is one of the grounds for asylum (if I remember immigration law correctly).

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May 20, 2013 12:07:55 GMT -5 elle said:

Are you a US citizen? I don't understand why you wouldn't have contacted the embassy there.

I am a US citizen. His parents are not, which is why I did not contact the embassy.

[sake]

I still really, really, REALLY want to know who you are.

[weelass24]

This is a fairly common occurance in mexico and the south american countries. I'm glad your FIL is OK.

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May 20, 2013 12:09:51 GMT -5 Captain Serious said:

Could they have had a connection at whatever entity you used to send the money? How else would they have known your FIL had the funds well before the 10th?

Also, will you share what country this is?

No, but they may have been watching IL's house closely. ILs do not work, so rarely leave their home except for things like going to the bank to get the money we wire them monthly.