Scammer Alert

[Ree]

OK...up to this point, I tried to keep the details of the person vague, but as I mentioned, people have obviously guessed it.

I blocked the person on FB after some annoying back and forth initiated by them and I tried to comment to their blog, but only team members are allowed to comment.

So, since I can't comment because I have been blocked from the FB page, can't message on FB since I blocked them, and can't comment on the blog, I am putting this here, because I know friends are reading and reporting back to the person.

In response to comments about tertiary hospitals, apparently, the condition is quite rare, and while there are tertiary hospitals available, there are not many that specialize in this particular condition.
I did actually do some googling, even though I know I should just let it all go for my own health, but I found this.

Friend of this person, has this place been considered as an option? (I'm not exactly sure where the person lives, but I think this is near them.) If this was an option considered and dropped, possibly because of costs, or the person is already using this option, then I'm sorry for wasting time.

http://brochures.mater.org.au/Home/B...usion-syndrome

Could these places put you in touch with something to help?
http://www.tttsfoundation.org/
(From their site: info@tttsfoundation.org Click here if you have a diagnosis of TTTS and need to contact the Foundation for immediate support, updates or questions.)
http://www.amba.org.au/

Any of these places:
List of TTTS Treatment Centres
AUSTRALIA
Dr Mark Umstad
Head of Multiple Pregnancy Clinic
Royal Women's Hospital & Frances Perry House
Grattan Street
Carlton Vic 3053 Australia
Phone: 03 9221 5044
Fax: 03 9221 5244
mark.umstad@maynegroup.com

Leanne Luck
CNC High Risk Pregnancy
Westmead Hospital Australia
Phone: 9845 5555 Page no. 01728

Dr Neil Athayde
Westmead Centre, Australia
Phone: 9845 6802 or 9845 5555
Fax: 9845 7793
Neila@westgate.wh.usyd.edu.au

Dr Daniel Challis
Royal Hospital for Women
Randwick, Australia
Phone: 9382 6098 or 9382 6111
Fax: 9382 6706
Dan@challis.com.au

Dr John Smoleniec
Liverpool Hospital, Australia
Phone: 98285631 98285679
Fax: 98285672 / 98285570
John.Smoleniec@swsahs.nsw.gov.au

Dr Jan Dickinson & Dr Craig Pennel
King Edward Memorial Hospital
Perth 374 Bagot Road,
Subiaco Australia WA6008
Contact Karen Reid
Clinical Midwife Consultant
Phone:61893402705
karen.reid@health.wa.gov.au

Robert Cincotta
Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Mater Mothers' Hospital
South Brisbane
Queensland, Australia
Phone: 07 3840 8111 (pager 346)
Fax: 07 3840 1949

Robert_Cincotta@mater.org.au
Barbara Soong
Clinical Midwife Consultant
Phone: 07 3840 8111 (pager 894)
Fax: 07 3840 1890
b_soong@mater.org.au

Professor Nicholas Fisk, Dr Carol Portmann & Dr Greg Duncombe
Centre for Advanced Prenatal Care
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
Brisbane, Queensland 4029
n.fisk@uq.edu.au or carol_portmann@health.qld.gov.au
http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/
Phone:07 3636 4467
Fax: 073636 7798

Westmead Hospital (Two of the doctors on the list provided at the TTTS Foundation website's list of services are on staff here, and it is a tertiary hospital)
Community Health Facilities
http://www.wslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/Hospitals/Hospitals

[fireheart]

@Fireheart: I might be a little jealous We're getting there though, Nerf guns make the best Christmas/birthday presents.

So the kids will be bought up in a nerf rich household?

[Mishi]

Some as young as me, 17 and 18 years old to people who even have grandchildren. That amazes me.

And that's why I love it here. Regardless of age differences, there is a real sense of community.


@Fireheart: I might be a little jealous We're getting there though, Nerf guns make the best Christmas/birthday presents.

[fireheart]

Oh dear sweet pandas, he's wearing the contents of our coffee table!

My boyfriend seems to be surprisingly indifferent when I mentioned that

(His nerf collection is huge.)

[Eevie]

I know that I tend to be fairly quiet on the board but I love coming here because it feels like a proper community to me - I feel comfortable and welcome here. I know that I will be treated fairly by the mod team, and that if I'm being an idiot that I will be told I'm being an idiot. And I will keep coming around because I like it here - and some idiot trying to slam the good name of CS will never change that.

I think you just summed up how I feel about this website in a nutshell. I have never seen such a wonderful community before on a website. Even though it's geared to those who work in customer service, anyone and everyone is welcome so long as the rules are followed. Some as young as me, 17 and 18 years old to people who even have grandchildren. That amazes me.

It makes me sad someone tried to take advantage of that. But my opinion will never change because just someone decided to use CS as a secondary money source. Somehow I had a feeling when this person started asking for money right off the bat that this wasn't going to end quietly. But this will pass. Like fireheart said, if this person is doing as badly as they say, the chance of legal action is pretty much zilch.

[Mishi]

Oh dear sweet pandas, he's wearing the contents of our coffee table!

[KatherineB]

I'll be right behind you all the way....


....with a giant arsenal of Nerf guns! (seriously)

On that note, katherine, can you PM me your theory?

Awesome! I'll keep an eye out for you:



And done!

[Mishi]

That depends on the mother - some people access medical care during the pregnancy, others choose not to for various reasons. *shrugs* Not my cup of tea, but everyone is different.

[fireheart]

So I'm homebirthing or freebirthing then? (My local hospital is a tertiary/training hospital, but since it apparently doesn't exist...)

Aren't homebirths still monitored at least?

(ie, woman still attends doc appointments and whatnot, but gives birth at home)

[Mishi]

They say there's no tertiary hospitals in Australia.

So I'm homebirthing or freebirthing then? (My local hospital is a tertiary/training hospital, but since it apparently doesn't exist...)

[fireheart]

There are a lot of holes in that original story that I didn't want to widen publicly during the original posts, but living in Australia and having had a LOT to do with the medical world for one reason or another, I struggle to see how the situation can't be resolved without those added expenses. Sure, it might not be exactly the way our OP wanted, but the options are there. (So I guess this puts me in the line of fire when she gets shown the screenshots of this thread by whichever person is doing so.)

I'll be right behind you all the way....


....with a giant arsenal of Nerf guns! (seriously)

On that note, katherine, can you PM me your theory?

[KatherineB]

There are a lot of holes in that original story that I didn't want to widen publicly during the original posts, but living in Australia and having had a LOT to do with the medical world for one reason or another, I struggle to see how the situation can't be resolved without those added expenses. Sure, it might not be exactly the way our OP wanted, but the options are there. (So I guess this puts me in the line of fire when she gets shown the screenshots of this thread by whichever person is doing so.)

[iradney]

They say there's no tertiary hospitals in Australia. Funny, Google seems to disagree quite vehemently...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tertiary+hospitals+in+australia

[fireheart]

Well, I think it's safe to say that they've openly admitted they are no longer reading this page, since apparently they don't have time to read "childish" comments and get worked up over them.

Funny how they made some quite childish comments themselves (for instance, mocking me for "running to mummy" when I reported their posts to Blogger).

I think the chance of a legal stoush now is likely to be zero.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

While I can understand the need for rules about requests for charitable donations, I think it's kind of a low blow to title this thread "Scammer Alert." Is there actually any evidence of this being a scam?

Given the constant lies and backtracking being spewed by this particular person, I doubt that anything this person ever has or ever will say is true.

In which case scammer is a more than appropriate description.

Shit, taking advantage of other people's goodwill is a scam in my book.