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The local Bay Area ABC News “I-Team” (investigative team) ran this news story on Brian Malzkuhn and Michael Johnson, two men — both college teachers who are deaf! — who ripped off deaf people in the process of being ripped off themselves by Nigerian scam artists. These men asked their deaf friends and colleagues for “emergency business loans” so they could come up with the money that the rapacious Nigerian scam artists were demanding in ever-increasing amounts.{{Main page}}
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am incensed to read this! This is a prime example of the sort of abuse that led me to decide a couple of weeks ago not to interpret any kind of VRS call — or live interpreted event — that I believe is a scam.

I think the ideology that it is not up to interpreters to decide what is good for their clients interpreters are not responsible for the content of their interpretation is potentially damaging, especially in the realm of VRS. This belief in “transparency” (which I actually saw signed as “no skin off my back” or “I’m not responsible” in discussions about TRS CA‘s in the ’90s), along with the “mandate for equal telecommunications access” by the FCC, leads interpreters to feel that they are compelled to interpret any kind of call that comes in, regardless of content. Do you know what it feels like to interpret a call that you know is a scam? It is dem

--> think the ideology that it is not up to interpreters to decide what is good for their clients interpreters are not responsible for the content of their interpretation is potentially damaging, especially in the realm of VRS. This belief in “transparency” (which I actually saw signed as “no skin off my back” or “I’m not responsible” in discussions about TRS CA‘s in the ’90s), along with the “mandate for equal telecommunications access” by the FCC, leads interpreters to feel that they are compelled to interpret any kind of call that comes in, regardless of content. Do you know what it feels like to interpret a call that you know is a scam? It is demoralizing to say the least. You might not be responsible for the scam you interpret, but it’s hard not to feel dirty about it.

I think it is high time that interpreters started standing up for what they know is right and “reserve the right to refuse service” to scam artists!

And deaf people, if you agree with this, please make your feelings known to the FCC.

Thank you.


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Postby jesusofsh on Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:38 pm
To whom it may concern Iput it on personals (WHY ME IWAS SO TRUSTING) but it could of fell under Love I met Mike Johnson on Catholic People Meet he's a scam artest I went to Dan Noyes for help. I sent all emails to him all i have Pictures too He did nothing and denied that he talked to me on the Phone. read this............... He says he in Nigeria Mike Johnson mikej2007@yahoo.com
Deaf Community Targeted By Scam, AgainTuesday, September 19, 2006 | 9:03 PMSecond Professor Accused By Dan NoyesSep. 18 - KGO (KGO) -- The ABC7 News I-Team has found yet another college professor accused of ripping off members of the Bay Area's deaf community.

We thought it was all over after we exposed one local college professor drawing deaf people into scams that cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now, it looks like his good friend's been pulling the same thing during the past two years.
It's been two years since we first introduced you to Brian Malzkuhn, a professor of deaf studies at Fremont's Ohlone College -- he's deaf himself. Person after person told us Malzkuhn dragged them into scams that cost them their life savings, and in the case of one San Jose couple, their home.
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Bill Ramos, scam victim: "I saw that and I thought, 'Oh, it makes me sick. What's he doing running from the camera? He looks like a coward. Why doesn't he just tell the truth?'"
Bill and Marie Ramos lost the home they owned for thirty years because Malzkuhn convinced them to take out first and second mortgages, close their investment accounts, and get cash advances on their credit cards -- more than a million dollars total.
Marie Ramos, scam victim: "So, we filled out the paperwork, everything went well, we got the money and we gave the money to Brian."
It appears Malzkuhn sent most of the money -- if not all of it -- to a Nigerian investment scam. Chances are, you've seen those "get rich quick" e-mails. After the I-Team revealed what happened, several law enforcement agencies investigated, but the case went nowhere because they couldn't prove Malzkuhn personally profited from the scam.
Sources at the FBI now tell us, here's the most frustrating part of the case. Their failure to prosecute Malzkuhn appears to have emboldened his good friend, another college professor, to pull the same sort of scam.
We met Michael Johnson in the summer of '04 outside the Ramos' home. At the time, Johnson told us he knew no one ever made a penny from those Nigerian scams. But, in the months to follow, he got involved himself and he got others involved.
Hsiu-Ling Yeh, scam victim: "He said it was a business emergency, he didn't explain it in great depth, he just said he really needed it, it was for a business emergency."
Hsiu-Ling Yeh is a job coach for deaf workers at Old Navy and Johnson's long-time friend. He convinced her to take out an equity line of credit on her Daly City home. He even went to the bank with her. At first, Johnson needed $91,000, but he kept coming back for more.
ABC7's Dan Noyes: "How much money total did you give him?"
Hsiu-Ling Yeh: "$584,000."
Johnson wouldn't answer any of our questions by e-mail, so we tracked him down. He teaches sign language at City College of San Francisco, at College of San Mateo and at West Valley College in Saratoga.
Dan Noyes: "What happened with her money?"
Mike Johnson, college professor: "I don't know. She agreed to help me, so sorry!"
Johnson wouldn't say what he did with Hsiu-Ling Yeh's $584,000.
Dan Noyes: "Did you send a lot of Hsui's money to Nigeria? Is that what you did with it?"
Mike Johnson: "It's not your problem, it's not your problem. It's not my problem."
Dan Noyes: "It's not your problem?"
Mike Johnson: "The case is closed."
The case Johnson's talking about is the bankruptcy he filed this year -- he still could face criminal charges. In court documents, we found another deaf person Johnson drew into the Nigerian scam � Gary Hendrix.
Gary Hendrix, scam victim: "As a result of this, over the course of two years, I've lost 15 pounds, my wife has suffered, been constant aggravation, I feel he really destroyed my life."
Hendrix had an insurance settlement after a house fire and Johnson took $95,000 of it. The professor even signed a note, promising to pay back the money within a month. He didn't.
Johnson sent Hendrix this e-mail, citing his old friend Brian Malzkuhn: "What can I do? Nothing! ... The Ramos couple had no way to get the money back from Brian at all. They lost everything."
Gary Hendrix: "And I know I've lost my money and I won't be getting it back, but we feel that we really want to see him punished for what he's done."
Mike Johnson: "There's so many scams, all over, not me, I'm not the only one. Why do you pick on the deaf people only? Why don't you pick on the hearing people?"
Dan Noyes: "You were picking on the deaf people."
Hsui-Ling Yeh and Gary Hendrix complained to the Daly City Police, but got nowhere. After a cursory investigation last month, an officer wrote, "I have profound moral sympathy" for the victims' loss, but "I have no evidence of a crime."
Former San Mateo County prosecutor Dean Johnson disagrees.
Dean Johnson, ABC7 legal analyst: "If I were still prosecuting white collar crime in San Mateo and got this evidence, I can virtually guarantee you that a case would be filed and somebody would go to prison."
He says Michael Johnson should be investigated, even if he didn't keep a dime of the victims' money.
Dean Johnson: "If he knew that the Nigerian scam was a scam and he still promoted these people to invest their money and gave all the money to Nigeria, it's still theft by false pretenses."
We contacted the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office this afternoon and they are now looking into the Michael Johnson matter. The FBI is adding him to their Brian Malzkuhn investigation. We'll stay on top of this, during the coming weeks.
We want to make sure word gets out to the deaf community about these scams, so we've taped a sign language interpreter for this story. Click on the video player at the top of the page to see this report with the sign language interpreter. (NOTE: There are three versions of this report in the video player -- 1) Report with sign language interpreter, 2) Sign language interpreter ONLY and 3) Report with no interpreter)
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ust sent this from a friend in Australia. Thought it would interest you.

—–Original Message—–
> From: Mr.Young Chin [mailto:young2000chin@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, 22 August 2008 10:47 PM
> To: undisclosed-recipients:
> Subject: To whom it may concern
>
>
>
>
> Good day,
>
> I am a transfer supervisor operations in investment
> section in Bank of China Ltd,Hong Kong.I have a obscured business
> suggestion
> for you.
>
> Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client General Mohammed Jassim Ali who was
> with the Iraqi forces
> and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months,
> with a value of
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>
> After further investigation it was also discovered that General Mohammed
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> that according to the
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> the ownership of the
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>
> Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a
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> 40% for you.If interested send your response to this email
> address:ycyoungc@gmail.com
>
> Kind Regards
> Mr.Young Chin
>
>

keith

August 25, 2008 at 8:58 am
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