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Credit card scam in circulation No one likes having to pay interest on their credit card bills, and con artists are banking on that to make a very simple telephone scam work in the Eastern Ontario region. Police recently issued a warning about credit card scam now circulating in the area. Homeowners get a phone call from someone offering to help them lower the interest rates on their credit cards. The con artist asks if the homeowner has a Visa or Mastercard and then asks for the credit card number “to apply the lower interest rate.” – Gregg Chamberlain
donors must be in the Type O blood group. Crohn’s Disease causes inflammation and scarring within the bile ducts. The scarring later results in damage to the liver, causing cirrhosis and, in the end, liver failure. The good news is that only a small part
If Gianna-Lynn Favilla could have anything she wanted this year, it would be for some- one to give her a chance at a normal life. The eight-year-old Rus-
of a suitable donor’s liver is required for transplant. The liver is the one organ in the human body which can regenerate itself if not damaged beyond repair. Gianna-Lynn is now home with her family. Waiting for someone suit- able to help save her life. “We are desperate to find a donor for Gianna- Lynn and would be so very grateful to anyone willing and able to help,” write the Favillas. “When she is well, Gianna-Lynn likes to sing and dance, play with friends, and snuggle with her dog, Hunter. She possesses such amazing inner strength. We just
sell child needs a liver trans- plant. She has Crohn’s Dis- ease and primary sclerosing cholangitis. For the past two years, she has undergone treat- ment for her condition at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. But her condition has gotten to the point now where a liver transplant is her best hope for a future. Gianna-Lynn is now on the organ transplant needs list. Her parents, Chris and Sue Favilla, have a Facebook page explaining the situa- tion and begging for help to save their daughter. “We are appealing to you in hope to find a live liver
Gianna-Lynn Favilla needs a liver transplant so she can enjoy a normal life with her family in Russell. —photo Favilla Family
donor for our precious daughter,” they wrote on the Facebook page. “We have already reached out to close friends and family but, so far nobody, including us, has been a match.” Their Facebook page includes a checklist for anyone who might meet the criteria to be a liver donor for their daughter. Potential
couldn’t imagine life without her.” Anyone who might be a suitable candi- date can review the checklist on Facebook at “Gianna-Lynn needs a liver transplant” and then click on one of the links to download the online application form, fill it out, and fax it to the Toronto General Hospital’s Living Donor Assessment Office at 416-340-4317.
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