Bluefish Way
The life of Ralph, Natascha and our cats
361: Patience
~And so I wait~
Some of you may remember that in 2014 I was scammed. During December 2017 a newspaper article led me to apply for my money back.
Here are the updates from the Western Union Remission website.
Update September 10, 2018. Over 180,000 petitions have been received in the Western Union remission process. The claims administrator is currently reviewing and evaluating all submissions to determine eligibility. If your petition is deficient, the administrator may contact you by mail to explain the deficiency and seek additional information. After the petition review is complete, recommendations will be provided to the Department of Justice for final decisions. Due to the large volume of petitions submitted, it is anticipated the petition review process will continue into 2019. Payments cannot be issued until all petitions are reviewed
Update April 10, 2019. Over 38,000 deficiency letters were mailed to petitioners in the United States on March 29, 2019. One or more of the following deficiencies were identified on petitions filed by those who received a letter: 1) the petition was unsigned; 2) a taxpayer identification number, such as a social security number (SSN) was not provided; and/or 3) sufficient supporting proof or documentation for some or all of the claimed amount was not provided.
So, I have to patiently wait, either for a letter wanting more information, or, a letter containing a cheque. I hope the latter. I also hope that they don’t ask for me to send US$400 to Ghana before I receive the money. I may get a bit suspicious, wouldn’t you ?
Meanwhile, I’ll sit back and watch this lady deal with a scammer.
A couple of things I have learned about my being scammed. Firstly, I should have listened to my friends who suspected Tammy was probably a fake, and, secondly, KEEP OLD PAPERWORK. I am so pleased that I did file the Western Union receipts and did not throw them out when I moved from Spain to Austria in 2017.
~1st anniversary~
On Wednesday, 24th April 2019, Natascha and I had been married for a year. Awesome !
I went shopping for that special anniversary gift on the lower -3 level
I tried to find and ask Service for help in finding Floor -3. Failed miserably !
Oh well, patience Natascha. That special anniversary gift ? Next year !
I’m in trouble now !
~Our patient cats~
Sonic and Samantha are on the balcony while Murli is finishing off cake crumbs. All is quiet in the Whillier home. Bliss !
How patient are you ?
Ralph xox ❤
Cat photographs taken by Natascha
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Many happy returns of the day. 🙂
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Thank you Brian. We had a great day. Take care. Ralph 🙂
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Likewise Ralph.
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Sometimes, I have NONE! Other times, I have some… patience is the virtue I wish I had more of, I certainly do
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I can understand your none, some, none, some, none, some, none, some, dear Annette, as it takes patience to become totally patient 😉 Hugs. Ralph xox ❤
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Jeep & Johnny are on my lap top! Is that what you mean?
Or do you mean when Jeep cleans her mouth on a high tech screen? I pick lower level -4.
Please give my prize to Natascha. Do not sent by Western Union. Western Onion is okay.
Sending love to all!!! xoxoxoxo
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Precisely dear Resa ! Jeep and Johnny require your total attention. I know as Samantha loves to chew my microphone stand creating a modern art sculpture and when she walks over my keyboard she always seems to hit Flight Mode, killing the Internet. 😦
Western Onion brings tears to my eyes when cooking the books 🤣
Love back from all of us. Ralph xox ❤
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I’m pretty patient, but we all have our tipping points – happy anniversary to all of you )
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I am sure that you must have buckets of patience working with kids dear Beth 🙂
Thank you so much my friend, we had a lovely day.
Hugs. Ralph xox ❤
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Happy anniversary!!!
That video-lovely😂🤣😂
You run into a lot of wait buttons, but glad there is hope for some help.
Have a beautiful weekend 8)8)8)
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Thank you dear Katie. It is amazing how fast the year has gone, but it has been a good year.
That video was so awesome that I had to share it. So funny !
Thank you, and have a wonderful weekend yourself my friend. Ralph xox ❤
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Dear Ralph and Natascha, Happy Anniversary! 🙂
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Thank you so much dear Mia. We do hope that you are well and happy my friend. Ralph xox ❤
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Dear Ralph, you’re welcome, and thank you! Sending much love and all good things to the five of you! 💗 xo
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Thank you dear Mia. Happy Sunday ! 🙂 ❤
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Ah! We all need to practice patience!
Happy Anniversary, Ralph and Natascha!🎉💐
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Indeed we do dear wifi !
Thank you so much, we had a lovely day. It is amazing how quickly a year went by.
Happy Sunday Linda. Ralph xox ❤
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many more to come, good health and joy..
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So kind ! Thank you so much Mihran. Take care. Ralph 🙂
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Je te souhaite un excellent week-end Ralph
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Très gentil ! Merci beaucoup Georges. J’espère que vous passez un bon dimanche. Ralph 🙂
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Marriage requires the patience of an angel 👼🏻 and the flexibility of a cat 🐈 ! No doubt you excel at this exercice 😉😇😻 Congrats 🥳
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Very apt ! What a lovely comment from you dear LouFox. Thank you so much my friend. Ralph xox ❤
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Patience is really a virtue. Happy 1st Wedding anniversary to you both. Hope you had a special lovely day! Lucky your cats are so patient too. As for your scammed things… just wait and they will give you another email next year, saying to be patient. At least they wrote to you , that means they still have your details! 🙂
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Definitely ! Patience is a real virtue.
Thank you so much dear Ute, we did have a lovely day.
That is what we were thinking. This refund could take another couple of years, but, as you say, they do have my details and they have given me a reference number. We just have to wait to see what happens.
Hugs. Ralph and Natascha xox ❤
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What, no anniversary gift? Try the -2 floor!
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lol. Natascha did eventually receive an anniversary present, a holographic cat which doesn’t need feeding 😉 Have a great Sunday Neil. Ralph 🙂
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Happy Anniversary Ralph & Natascha! ❤
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Thank you Barbara. You are so kind. Ralph xox ❤
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Happy Anniversary to both of you!
Those floor number assignments for elevator buttons Really? Grrrr..
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Thank you for your kind words YC. Appreciated !
I agree. The labelling of these elevator buttons are crazy, aren’t they ?
Take care my friend. Ralph 🙂
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wonderful!
but who has time
for patience? 🙂
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Thank you David.
I agree. No time for patience as I must reply to the next comment. Hurry, hurry ! 😉
Take care. Ralph 🙂
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Happy Anniversary! Wishing you both (and the cats!) many more years of happiness! 🙂
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So sweet ! Thank you for your lovely comment dear Magick Mermaid. Ralph xox ❤
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Sorry to hear you’re having so much trouble over this scam thing. I think I can get it straightened out for you. Just send me your bank account number and ATM password and I’ll have it sorted in no time.
In the meantime, Happy Anniversary to you and Natascha!
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lol. Which bank account number which you like ? The one in Ghana with US dollar 1,000,000 or my Austrian account containing lederhosen and strudel ? The choice is yours my friend.
Thank you so much. We had a lovely day.
Ralph 🙂
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Happy First Anniversary Ralph and Natasha.
Leslie 🙂
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Thank you so much dear Leslie. So kind ! Ralph xox ❤
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🙂 ❤ ❤
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Happy Annivesary for you all, Humans and Cats… Sending my Love, nia
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You are really lovely dear Nia. Thank you for your lovely comment my friend. Ralph xox ❤
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Happy Anniversary for the 24th! 😀
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Thank you so much Widdershins. So kind ! Ralph 🙂
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Good for you for keeping that Western Union receipt! I’m one of those who saves every receipt as well. Happy Anniversary to both of you! Des
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Very wise Des. You never know if something unexpected arises and a recept is needed.
Thank your kind words my friend.
Take care. Ralph 🙂
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Happy happy Anniversary to both of you….and hugs for the cats:-)) Best greetings, Corinna
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You are so sweet ! Thank you so much dear Corinna. Hugs back. Ralph xox ❤
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Happy Anniversary! 🙂
That lady on the phone with the scammer! What a gem! 🙂
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Thank you so much dear Lynette 🙂
She is awesome, isn’t she ?
Big hug. Ralph xox ❤
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Wishing you both a belated Happy Anniversary. Let’s hope you get the check! 🙂 xx
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Thank you dear Debby. Appreciated ! You are so kind ! Ralph xox ❤
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This year has passed so quickly congratulations to both of you 💕🥂 wishing you many more happy years together xx
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Thank you so much for your lovely words dear Charlotte. We really do appreciate them 🙂
BTW Congratulations ! 🍾🥂 (I am really naughty for teasing you rotten ….. or am I ? lol) 😉
Hugs. Ralph & Natascha xox ❤
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I do hope you get some of your money back! Then, you can get a special gift for your lovely lady (and treats for the cats) and a big sombrero for yourself!
Happy Anniversary, love birds. ❤
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It would be nice to get something back, but I may have to wait for a couple of years before I can get a sombrero.
Thank you so much dear Yvonne. Ralph xox ❤
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Happy Anniversary to both of you, a year wow, time does go fast but heres to many more happy years for you both, and the cats. xxx
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So sweet ! Thank you so much dear Adele. Hugs. Ralph xox ❤
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I’m not as patient as you!
Happy anniversary to you both. 💕😘
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Oh well, maybe there is no need for you to be patient dear Amanda 🙂
We do appreciate your kind words my friend. Thank you. Hugs. Ralph xox ❤
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I think patience is a virtue which is in short supply these days, Ralph. Happy first anniversary to you two love birds. 😘
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I agree Sylvia, patience is a no-no in this modern world. Must hurry to answer this comment 🙄
Thank you so much my friend 🤗🤗 Ralph xox ❤
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First of all remember patience is the virtue of the strongest ones,or at least that’s what my mother( a woman who has no patient at all) kept saying to me all my life🙄
Second happy belated first anniversary to you both in lovely persons.By the way the 24th Of April is my birthday too….what coincidence eh?
Third….l You to of hugs on ur way and lots of swearing on the way of the maleficent scammer😉
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Awesome comment ! Thank you so much dear Ortensia.
BTW Happy Birthday ! 🤗💝🥂🍾🍩🍰🍨🍧
Hugs. Ralph xox ❤
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Hi, Ralph.
Scams are bad enough, but your post is making me think of even worse things–those hackers who get into people’s computers, steal all their information and lock them out until they pay a hostage fee to get it back!
Can you imagine your great magnum opus stored only on your computer and it’s gone forever unless you hand over thousands of dollars to some computer pirates??!!!
The thought just makes the hair rise on the back of my neck.
Meantime…..all the luck in getting your $$ back. Hopefully sooner than later!
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Hello Stacey 🙂
Thank you so much for visiting and making a thought provoking comment. What you say has brought back memories. A couple of years ago I was locked out of my laptop until I paid a ransom. It was quite scary, but after a bit of thought, I removed the battery, put it back in and restarted in Safe Mode. After virus cleaning my laptop was running as normal.
I reckon if I do get any money back it will be quite a few months on reading the update on their website. I will just have to wait.
Have a lovely week. Ralph xox ❤
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Removed the battery, put it back in and restarted in Safe Mode? That’s brilliant!
You have a lovely week as well! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 ❤
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The computer scam is the one that caught my sister-in-law. She ended up paying over $2,000 to the scammers. It’s easy to get caught unless they can’t spell and their grammar is bad and they say that they are from the social security office. Sounds like you are both enjoying a wonderful marriage. I’m so happy for your both. Your cats look happy and well cared for as well. 🙂
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I’m so sorry that your sister in law was scammed. It is so easy to be sucked in by them. Big hug. Ralph xox ❤
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So easy! I have three checks totaling $900 sitting in a drawer that I’m supposed to cash in order to “send them back or some silly thing. I signed up to be a smart shopper, which a friend of mine used to do. It turned out to be a scam!!! They never followed up. 😂😂😂
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Oh dear, it is best to keep them in the drawer as a drawer liner 😉
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Or wall paper in an old folks home. LOL
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