Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!wales From: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: BEWARE: American Heritage SUPER Scam Message-ID: <4178@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 20:46:28 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.4178 Posted: Mon Mar 4 20:46:28 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 04:52:20 EST References: <15658@mgweed.UUCP> Reply-To: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (Rich Wales) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 37 Summary: Regarding the following incredible offer: >Has anyone out there received an offer to participate in an advertising >test being conducted by the American Heritage Redemption Center in Los >Angeles? > >They enclose a check made out for $1500 which you can apply towards the >purchase of either a: > > $1589 RCA Model PKC-600R 45" projection Color TV > OR > $1764 His and Hers Honda ATC110 Three Wheeled Motorcycles > >. . . Yeah. They were talking about this one on the news all weekend long here in L.A. The local BBB and law-enforcement people are treating it as a con racket. If this can be called a "super offer" at all, it is probably a "super offer" only for the perpetrator(s), who will most likely cash all those checks for $89 and $264 and RUN. Moral: If it sounds too good to be true -- it most likely is. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rich Wales University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Computer Science Department 3531 Boelter Hall Los Angeles, California 90024 // USA -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Phone: (213) 825-5683 // +1 213 825 5683 ARPANET: wales@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA UUCP: ...!{cepu,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!wales -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-