Saturday, July 22, 2006
FTC SCAM ALERT: HOME COURSE CLAIMING TO TEACH HOW TO GET RICH BY SENDING EMAIL ABOUT NIGERIAN BANK FUNDS THAT NEED YOUR HELP TO RELEASE "MAY BE BOGUS"
In this latest Internet scam, identified by the Federal Trade Commission, consumers are lured into sending money to "Nigerian Bank Scam Road To Success, Inc." located in an obscure town called "Email, Mass." The FTC warns that the offer is extremely enticing, especially to older people, because their ad lets you pay "in 52 easy payments of $1.99." Only after all 52 easy payments are easily made, say investigators, will the company send you the desired home study course, and then only after "an easy payment of $24.95 to cover whipping and handling."
The actual course comes on 24 eight-track cassettes -- another hint they may be bogus, say authorities.
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The actual course comes on 24 eight-track cassettes -- another hint they may be bogus, say authorities.
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