Posted on 05/21/2008 4:04:27 PM PDT by Stoat
Barack Obama ... Democratic presidential hopeful
AMERICAN Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has had an unlikely campaign contribution – from thieves who fleeced the bank account of a British couple.
Shocked Tania Parker discovered the account had been mysteriously emptied after she tried to withdraw money from a cash point.
When she called Lloyds TSB stunned Tania was told fraudsters had illegally made two donations totalling £210 to fund Obama's race for the White House.
She told The Sun: "It's crazy, I couldn't believe it. I'm not even an Obama fan - I prefer Hillary Clinton!
"When your card gets nicked you expect them to buy designer jeans or jewellery - not go topping up the coffers of some foreign politician."
Obama is set to beat Clinton to seal the Democratic party nomination for President and is famous for his catchphrase "Yes. We. Can."
The Republican party have already chosen their man - Vietnam war veteran John McCain.
Mum-of-two Tania, who is expecting her third child with partner Mark Spice, 31, said their bank had no idea how fraudsters made the dodgy donations - as the debit card was stolen a year ago.
The thieves made two separate donations of $200 the equivalent of two payments of £104 using the stolen debit card and the account was charged £2 for the overseas transaction, carried out on Tuesday, April 29.
In total $400 was donated.
When the couple's bank statement came through it clearly showed the transaction, under the title 'Obama For America'.
Mark, a shop keeper from Gravesend, Kent, said: "The card got stolen from my partner's purse last summer in a Chinese restaurant in Woolwich, South East London.
"We immediately called the bank and they cancelled the card - we thought that was the last of it.
"Then two weeks ago me and Tania tried to get some cash out and the bank said there was no money left.
"It said over £200 had been ear-marked for a transfer but they didn't know where to.
"We had to wait till the following Tuesday when they called and said the fraudsters had used the card to fund Barrack Obama's presidential campaign.
"We couldn't believe it. They gave us an emergency overdraft to help us until the money was put back into our account.
"It's funny now but at the time it was really stressful - we're expecting a baby any minute - it was a real nuisance.
"The bank have absolutely no idea how they transferred the money because the card which was stolen was already cancelled.
"All they said was fraudsters are getting better at beating the system - especially when it comes to buying things online.
"But we still can't believe they went to all that trouble then didn't spend the money on themselves.
"You can buy anything on the internet so why they gave the money to Barack instead of splashing out on themselves I have no idea.
"I'm not even that big a fan of him.
"We must be one of the weirdest cases of bank card fraud in the country!"
Mark and Tania's bank provided an emergency overdraft for the couple and have now refunded the cash into their account.
A spokesman for Lloyds TSB said: "We tale fraud very seriously and have stringent measures and controls in place to protect customers' accounts.
"We always advise our customers to be extremely vigilant when it comes to protecting their account details and personal data but where customers are innocent victims of fraud we always reimburse them."
She is a woman of profound insight and wisdom.
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Must have been “Typical Obama fans”......
>unlikely campaign contribution [from a thief]
Not so!
I had thought there was, as evidenced by prominent notices at Boris Johnson's (now Mayor of London) webpage, stating that foreign campaign contributions were not accepted.
Similarly, I'm seeing this at the FEC's site:
Quick Answers-General Questions
Foreign nationals are prohibited from making any contributions or expenditures in connection with any election in the U.S. Please note, however, that "green card" holders (i.e., individuals lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the U.S.) are not considered foreign nationals and, as a result, may contribute. For additional information, consult our "Foreign Nationals" brochure.
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I would be interested in learning how this happened, given these prohibitions.
Maybe they want Obama to be the Commander-In-Thief.
Indeed...."bitter" ones at that; and "clinging" to illegal methods of campaign finance enhancement...
Not so!
Obama is most likely quite indebted to his Thief and Fraudster Constituency....
that law has been re-written....just ask hillbill.. they were getting funds from the chicoms, no problems there.
Considering his economic policies, they have certainly zeroed in on the worst thief of the bunch.
An excellent point. I'm wondering if any Clintoon Administration "finance" advisers have defected to the Obama camp?
Enchante, the Obama campaign brags all the time about the huge number of small contributions they get from the “grass roots.”
I have long suspected that there is some kind of scam going on. This would seem to support that suspicion.
With the kind of tax proposals he’s told us would come from his administration, it’s no stretch of the imagination that the handle would fit!
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