Blog Entry 2: Crime
I live in Taiwan 20 years ago, I would say Calgary is more safety than another countries.
There are many social problems in Taiwan such as fraud. There are two ways that the fraudster can trick people. First, they normally use phone call to trick people. For example, the fraudsters will tell you that you have won a lottery, but you have to pay the money first in order to receive the money from them. Lots of people think that they really win the lottery, therefore, they will follow the steps that the fraudsters said and send the money to them. Once people have sent the money to fraudsters and call back the numbers, people realize that they got tricked by fraudsters because there will not be anyone to answer the phone.
Moreover, fraudsters can also cheat people by using mails. They write fake letters to pretend that the letters are from government, court, or bank saying that people have several payments that have not paid, and ask people to pay the payments by following the procedures. When people see letters from government, they automatically think that the letters are real and not doing any process to confirm it. After people follow the procedures on the letters, the fraudsters will get the money and disappear. Several days later, people will find out that they got tricked by the fraudsters by calling back to the government. Therefore, I think that Calgary is much safer than Taiwan.
