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URGENT: A family is in dire need..........
alt.ascii-art
· 8 messages · 1 Jun 1996 - 4 Jun 1996
URGENT: A family is in dire need..........
It troubles me greatly to be placed in this
position, but none the less I have no choice
in the matter. The lives of two young children
are more important, than an one's pride.
These two beautiful children have so much to
live for, they are exceptionally smart and
very well behaved for 5 and 7 year olds, and
they are both in the best of health. Their
father on the other hand has been disabled for
the past three years with a degenerative brain
disorder, that has gradually robbed him of the
ability to function in the work place.
His needs are many, but his resources have
been depleted. Social Security denies him
disability benefits as a matter of routine,
while at the same time saying it can take
as much as four to five years to get the
benefits that he, and his family are entitled
to. And then they tell you once you are
granted your disability it will be
retroactive. And you will get all of the back
benefits..
The real untold truth is Social Security will
rarely grant a disability with out a court
order. And that requires the services of an
attorney that specializes in disability
claims.
This is where the pathetic "Catch 22" rules
come into play. If you had the resources to
hire an attorney and take Social Security to
court the first year that you have become
disabled. You would not qualify because your
net worth was too high. If you wait until all
of your resources have been depleted, your
only option for legale representation is an
attorney that would take your case on a
contingency (that's legalese for a percentage
of your settlement, which usually runs between
33 and 40%). Even if you find one of these
attorneys that will take on your case the
first year of your claim process it will take
four years to get a hearing. If you find your
attorney four years after your initial claim,
some how it will find its way on to the courts
schedule that year. Do you think that perhaps
the value of the settlement would have
anything to do with when a case can be
settled.
This appalling practice has left our family in
the most difficult of situations, Florida
welfare cannot help us, because the father is
still part of the household; to alter this
situation is out of the question the children
need their father too. This is why I must
endure the pain and humiliation, and publicly
plead for your assistance. Facing eviction
from our home is the least of our problems,
the most urgent is putting food on the table
for the children. If you can find it in you
heart to share a small amount money with a
desperate family in dire need. Please send any
help that you can to the only secure address
that we may have left:
P.Wedel
P.O.Box 8420
Port Saint Lucie, Fl.
34985
Our home address is subject to change due to
eviction within the next 3 weeks, and we have
no idea where we will live after that, but
P.O.Box is paid for until September.
Why do I have a problem with this? If he was in dire need, why would they be
advertising on the internet? There's soemthing wrong with this.
Mika
__________________ _ ________
(dri...@hg.uleth.ca) <9;/ ,__-==`
(after Labour Day ) ./~~( `)/`
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In article <Pin...@acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca>, Mika <cmd...@acs.ucalgary.ca> writes: >Why do I have a problem with this? If he was in dire need, why would they be >advertising on the internet? There's soemthing wrong with this. >Mika You have a problem with this for the same reason the rest of us have a problem with it. We are jaded. Too many scams going on. Of course, it could be a friend of the "family in dire need" who wrote the post. But really, his information was WAY off. I'm in the business, (paralegal for a law office) and that was what made me think it was a scam.
In article <4oskih$152...@news.gate.net>, pcw...@gate.net (P.C.W.) writes: >URGENT: A family is in dire need.......... > >It troubles me greatly to be placed in this >position, but none the less I have no choice >in the matter. The lives of two young children >are more important, than an one's pride. snip There are many attorneys who specialize in Social Security and will take this case for a few hundred dollars, and will also defer payment until benefits start. IF THERE IS REALLY A CASE. Cant always beleive what you hear*!*! As far as waiting four to five years for benefits, that is a crock of shit. Two to four months is the max, and yes, they do retro pay. Most mortgage holders/landlords will wait for their money if you show them your case number for the SS hearing. I dont know where you are getting your MISINFORMATION, but it's no good. Unless this is just the unusal scam. There is help. Go find it! First source would be to call the bar association in your area and ask for references to law offices that specialize in SS, and also ask for a list of Elder Law attorneys.
P.C.W. (pcw...@gate.net) wrote:
I usually skip over these things but I spotted the gate.net address on
this one....
If they were really destitute why are they spending around $20 a month
on a Cybergate account? Also, the money spent on getting a personalized
post office box would be better spent on the needy family. Anyone able to
post this message in multiple newsgroups could spend their time doing
productive work to raise money. I think scam artists should stick to chain
letter and get rich quick schemes.
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In-Reply-To: <Pin...@acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca> On Sun, 2 Jun 1996, Mika wrote: > Why do I have a problem with this? If he was in dire need, why would they be > advertising on the internet? There's soemthing wrong with this. > Mika > > __________________ _ ________ > (dri...@hg.uleth.ca) <9;/ ,__-==` > (after Labour Day ) ./~~( `)/` > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,-'_/// \ } > ~ XX\\ > \ > > > >
>This appalling practice has left our family in >the most difficult of situations, Florida >welfare cannot help us, because the father is >still part of the household; I've worked in social service programs for 25 years. The Feds allow a program called AFDC-I. The "I" is for incapacitated. Both parent s can be in the home when one of them is disabled. I can't imagine that the state of Florida doesn't have this program. Your husbands condition sounds serious enough for you to be able to qualify. This way he gets medicaid also. And Social Security Disability doesn't have a resources qualification. SSI does. And, you don't need to have a lawyer to get through the appeals process. Just go to all the doctor appointments and keep appealing. The final appeal is to go to court and let a judge decide. None of this requires extra money. Just bring all the medical reports with you. If your husband's condition is as serious as it sounds, you have an excellent chance of prevailling in the Social Security process. Actually, your post sounds like a scam. H
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