Another scam

[quackers]

Thankyou Mark.

[Karabag]

Bless you for putting it on here Quackers, I don't think you need to defend yourself, all you have done is try to warn people, if they don't want to take that on board, so be it. Thank you from me x

[Super Fluff]

It is a scam. It has happened to 2 different sets of friends of mine. This Turkish woman says she is a neighbour yet one set of friends live near the old people's home and one set live near the Sunday market! This is a 15 minute walk! The first set gave her the money (because they didn't want a baby to go without milk) and she said she would pay it back the next day as her husband was in Gocek. (It was 10 lira at this point and no money was returned). Several days later the same woman asked my other friends for 20 lira. My second set of friends would have gave the money, had my first set of friends not been at their house at the time!! She is in her 30s, is well dressed and speaks good English. She is very believable. She looks genuinely anguished, I am told. She also has a white car. She is preying on people's good nature and I think it stinks.

[cenk]

She exploits the feelings of people.
Linda did good that she warned other people against this kind of conmen.
I am surprised how bad minded people can be so creative to steal other people's money.
And it is so sad that, she can use her daughter who is at only 9 for this.

[hoops man]

This also happened to a retired couple nearly in their 70s last week near the pelin hotel.They felt sorry for this women and let her in the house.She asked for 30 lira and when a neigbour entered the house the husband of the Turkish women came up stairs and ushered her out quickly.As she was leaving she said...ok 20 lira.So people dont be nieve.This happens often.iv heard many stories.if you want to give to the neady there are many ways to do it.Yes there are many Turks out of work and struggling but sorry for being hard.There ARE jobs out there.But its easier to knock doors and beg.Sorry a sore point.So id say to all ex pats who worked so hard for their hard earned cash dont fall for these scams.WE have charities here actually run by ex pats for Turkish people.Go through these channels.I for one have given to charities in Turkey but never to any street beggars....How do you know who is geniune or not?You dont.So do as you do in uk and give to chosen charities .

[kayakebab]

thanks everyone for clarifying this, as I said before Im a sucker for a sob story and would probably have given her the money.
Its so hard to know what to do when people are begging, I find I have to just not make eye contact, but always feel really mean.
Theres an old lady who sometimes has wood tied to her back and she has been at our gate a couple of times asking for money, we haven't given her any, but did give her some fruit when she approached us when we were walking home from the market.

I saw someone else giving her a food parcel.

Its so hard when you see people going through the bins, but I have no idea what they are after. If I knew I would gladly collect it for them.

[Gorgeous_bird]

Kaya they are looking for anything to recycle, I always save up my cans and put them in a separate bag usually hang it on The edge of the bin. Anything that has a scrap value and greens for  the chickens!

[kayakebab]

well they cant have any greens as I'm making my own compost - well trying to,its a sort of sludgy goo at the moment!
Ive noticed they seem to take the cardboard out of the big bins and put it by the side of the bin, but haven't seen any sign of what happens next.
Do they recycle plastic bottles as well?

[Julesp]

They do have a seperate recycling van that comes round if everything hasnt gone before then!

[Gorgeous_bird]

Usually a van comes by and picks up the cardboard, within a month or so, it's not unusual to look at an ever growing pileof cardboard for several weeks and then suddenly it's gone. Then you have the guy on the troke he takes any scrap which he can sell/ use. The ladies do take the large water bottle fir storing goat milk/ olive oil in. Soundslike your compost could do with some woody stuff/ cardboard.......