19-07-2005 04:26									#1
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ROMANIAN AUTHORITIES DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WESTERN ROMANIA


Three weeks of heavy rains in the western Romania in June 2005 caused extensive flooding and destruction. Water levels reached approximately 33 feet in some locations, the highest record level in the past 100 years. 41,000 houses have been destroyed, and 315,500 people have been evacuated. Extensive stretches of agricultural land were flooded, and many bridges, roads, and water supply systems were affected.

Houses still standing may have suffered irreversible damage to their clay foundations and may collapse at any moment. Many people prefer to risk their lives and continue to stay in their houses for fear of looting. Many people are desperate after seeing their life savings being destroyed so quickly, with little or no chance of recovery.

The month of July has brought even more rains and flash floods!

Vasilenco Christian Services established a social service program in Romania in 1998 and continues to serve children and families there. We anticipate a significant increase in the number of people requesting our help.

Please help Vasilenco help Romanian families rebuild their lives!

Please Sent Your Donation Thru Bank Account:

Name: Vasilenco Dan Constantin
Bank name: Banca Comerciala Romana
Address: str. Brailei nr. 35
City/State: Galati, Romania
Nr. acc: 2511.2-65444.3 in USD $
IBAN: RO89RNCB2700000654440003
BIC: RNCBR0BUGL0

Name: Vasilenco Dan Constantin
Bank name: Banca Comerciala Romana
Address: str. Brailei nr. 35
City/State: Galati, Romania
Nr. acc: 2511.2-65444.2 in EUR €
IBAN: RO19RNCB2700000654440002
BIC:RNCBR0BUGL0

Name: Vasilenco Dan Constantin
Bank name: Banca Comerciala Romana
Address: str. Brailei nr. 35
City/State: Galati, Romania
Nr. acc: 2511.2-65444.1 in RON
IBAN: RO46RNCB2700000654440001
BIC: RNCBR0BUGL0

Please send your checks to :

Name: Vasilenco Dan Constantin
Address: Str. Dr Mihail Petrini Galati nr. 8, bl w1, ap. 37
City/State: Galati, Romania

Please Sent Your Donation Thru Western Union:

Name: Cristian Coman
Address: piata 1 mai nr. 34
City/State: Bucuresti, Romania

We just want you to help that people with little you have. All your effort will be apreciated and your name will apear to our website and presented to Romanian TV stations "TVR1" (Romanian Television), web site www.tvr.ro and to "ROMANIATV" (Romanian Christian Television), web site www.romaniantv.org, in Program "Romania Sub Ape" (Romania Under Water).
If you want to help please email us to: apa@uv.ro or vcsro@yahoo.com or vdonate@jesusanswers.com.

Some of the many families your donation will help:

The Paul family consists of 2 adults and 6 children. One of the children is currently in the hospital and cannot return home because there is no place for him. A wall of their clay-built house fell, and the 7 family members are living in one room. The rest of the house may collapse at any moment. The house will need to be rebuilt. Prayers and donations are needed!

The Varga family consists of 2 parents, an 8-year old girl, and 3-month- old baby. The water entered their house and the house will likely collapse. With no place to go and no hope for improving their lives, the Vargas continue to live in their unsafe home.

The Neda/Tanasie family is raising two children (ages 2 and 4) at home and have another little one in the hospital whom they cannot bring into their unsafe home. This child will soon go into foster care if the family’s situation does not improve.

Their house could not resist the floodwaters, and it was supported with a large pole to prevent it from collapsing. Time has made things worse. Many holes are now present in the walls and the roof.

Please Support the Romanian Flood Victims.

In Jesus' name, we thank you!

	19-07-2005 04:27									#2
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This is definately a scam.

	19-07-2005 04:29									#3
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Of course it is, Kuci. Everybody knows there's no such thing as Romania.

It's all Transylvanian to me, anyway.

	19-07-2005 04:29									#4
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Well, at least the guy brings attention on that (I have no idea whether the floods are true or not)

Those interested can now give to an actual charity that deals with Romania

	19-07-2005 04:30									#5
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And some who are interested will be stupid enough to send their money to this *******, where it won't do any good.

	19-07-2005 04:31									#6
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Well, after a quick browse on Euronews and Médecins sans Frontières, nobody mentions the flood, so I suppose that it either didn't exist, or that the Romanian authorities have the situation under control.

	19-07-2005 04:32									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker And some who are interested will be stupid enough to send their money to this *******, where it won't do any good.

Does this kind of thing still work?

	19-07-2005 04:32									#8
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I checked google news, to confirm that it even existed, before posting.

	19-07-2005 04:33									#9
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Romania: Largest flood in 35 years

From Reuters.

	19-07-2005 04:34									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor Does this kind of thing still work?

They keep doing it, don't they? And we keep hearing stories about people who fall for these, which must just scratch the surface.

	19-07-2005 04:39									#11
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Well, the guy is undoubtedly an *******, then.

Edit: Or actually, there is one doubt. There is the remote possibility that the guy wants to help and doesn't know how, and tries to get foreign money to put it to good use. While I don't believe it, there is the very remote possibility that it might be true.

However, I wouldn't cling on this remote hope if I wanted to help the Romanians. Giving money to the Maltesers is the way to go

	19-07-2005 05:19									#12
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I doubt the normal person to fall for this scam would even look, thought it is very clever to ensure that even those that do check might think it legit.

There probably has never been a tragedy on which someone did not try to make a buck.

	19-07-2005 07:56									#13
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I guarantee that many have already "donated," unfortunatley.

	19-07-2005 09:27									#14
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Reuters doesn't seem to think it's as bad as the scammer.

Still wonder why the local news hasn't picked up on this.

	19-07-2005 09:33									#15
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*Quickly hides his "I survived 9/11 and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" t-shirts*