On Thursday, 2 July 2015 20:46:09 UTC+2, steve.killick wrote: > > > I went to Woodstock PS today. Const Van Blerk said its not the same > suspect although they do look quite similar. > > He went on to say that we can not lay a charge for scamming as the money > was not forcefully taken. > > Rather disappointing ... ? >
If force was used, it would be robbery. Scamming generally involves giving the money to someone because they have convinced you to do so. Force is seldom involved. That sounds incorrect. > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room TEL: 021-447-1066 or 072-063-1653 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCIES: 10111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ONW email: o...@obs.org.za WEB: www.obswatch.org.za FACEBOOK: facebook.com/obswatch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Useful Obs Numbers: obs.org.za/obsdir You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood Watch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
