While some countries do not experience the full power of the global economic crisis some are hit the hardest. The biggest losers as always are the simple people. If a cut in salary can be considered lucky, many people have lost their jobs and only source of income.
What will you do if you do not have any money? While a small percentage may choose such drastic measures as suicide, most people will do anything to feed themselves and their family. They may accept illegal or dangerous jobs and some, normally honest people, might even turn to criminals. While I do not approve I on some level understand them. For the past six months fraudulence and scam cases have multiplied. People are stealing everything that is not tied to something. Everyday there is a story in the news about a robbery and what is the most frightening fact is that people have become more violent. There have been stories in news about robberies which ended in homicide and not that the robbers stole millions. Today the violence levels are so high that people are willing to hurt others for mere scraps. And all this happened during the summer months. I do not know what will happen during winter.
The same situation applies to scams. Currently the most popular scam in my country is to offer people jobs in foreign countries. When the person has paid the necessary money bought the ticket and traveled to their destination they find out that there is no job for them and the company who offered them the job has mysteriously vanished. Many people have been cheated this way. The funny part is that no matter the numerous stories in news about such scams people still get scammed.
The situation is very serious. If last year people joked about people who work for minimal wage then today most of them would kill for such an opportunity.
