Module 3 responsibility unit 3A reading skills exercise 1, page 46 have you been the victim of a crime?0:05
Perhaps you've been taken for a ride by a con artist or been the victim of some other petty crime.0:48
Or maybe the crime was something more serious.0:54
Let's see what our readers say.0:57
Tuesday, October 26, 16:34 06 Debbie A couple of months ago I received a letter out of the blue saying I'd won a prize in an international lottery.1:00
I couldn't even remember buying a ticket.1:15
Anyway, I contacted the people the letter was from who asked me to send them a fee to process my winnings.1:18
Like an idiot, I fell for it and sent them the money.1:26
I realised it was a scam when I didn't hear from them again.1:30
So basically the prizes don't exist.1:34
These terrible fraudsters are just trying to trick gullible people like me into sending them money.1:37
The police say they've been investigating this crime for a while now, but they haven't found the culprits yet.1:45
Monday, November 1, 090312 Steve Burglars recently broke into our house.1:53
While we were sleeping upstairs, my sister and I heard a noise so we woke up our dad who called the police.2:02
By the time the police arrived though, the burglars had gone.2:11
While we were checking what they had taken, a neighbor reported a burglary at their house too.2:15
The police caught them red handed.2:21
My dad's got to give evidence in court in a few weeks.2:23
Thursday, October 28, 11 14:32 David I used to think crime was just something that happened to other people.2:29
Until I got mugged on the way home from school last year.2:41
The attacker just came out of nowhere, threatened me with a knife, grabbed my mobile phone and ran away.2:46
Fortunately, I was able to identify the mugger from a photo at the police station.2:54
He was a well known criminal in the area so the police knew where to find him.3:00
Anyway, he confessed to the crime, the police arrested him and he received a two year prison sentence.3:05
I was shaken up and bruised, but it could have been a lot worse.3:13
I even got my phone back.3:18
Saturday, October 30, 201154 Anna I was out shopping in the town centre when suddenly something that looked like bird mess landed on my shoulder.3:22
Immediately a so called passerby appeared with a cloth to wipe it off.3:37
It wasn't until I reached for my wallet to buy something that I realised it had been stolen.3:42
When I reported the crime to the police, I was told that this has been happening a lot lately.3:48
These people are professional pickpockets who use any means they can to distract their victims.3:54
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