INC NEWS - Scam alert: kids selling magazines in our neighborhoods
Alice Bumgarner
alice.b at earthlink.net
Fri Sep 22 17:33:42 EDT 2006
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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