INC NEWS - Scam alert: kids selling magazines in our neighborhoods

[Alice Bumgarner]

I forgot to say: Please forward to your neighborhood listservs, in case
anyone was victimized by this company. I've offered info below about how to
file a complaint with the NC Attorney General. Thanks!

On 9/22/06 4:56 PM, "Alice Bumgarner" <alice.b at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Last week, a couple of kids were working our neighborhood, selling
> incredibly overpriced magazine subscriptions.
> 
> The selling spiel goes something like: "I'm the son of ___, who lives on
> ___. You may have seen her; she walks her dog around 8am. Anyway, I'm trying
> to raise money so I can play in a youth baseball tournament in Maui..."
> 
> As you may have guessed, there is no neighbor named ___ or a baseball
> tournament in Maui. The company that employs these kids (and probably trains
> them in the art of effective lying) are major scammers. I¹ve done some
> research, and it looks like they¹re very, very shady. They¹ve been booted
> from the Better Business Bureau, and they¹ve changed their name multiple
> times. 
> 
> This company is using the fact that we care about neighbors (and their kids)
> to sell magazines, which is the only reason I got sucked into their story.
> And they're teaching kids some really bad habits.
> 
> I¹ve contacted the NC Attorney General¹s office about the practices of the
> company. I¹m filing a formal complaint, so the company can be contacted and
> pressured a bit. The more people who file a complaint, the better.
> 
> You can download a complaint form from the Attorney General¹s site. Here¹s
> the link to the complaint form page:
> http://www.ncdoj.com/consumerprotection/cp_complaints.jsp
> 
> I appreciate your help. Thanks!
> Alice
> 
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