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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.
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                                                             Rich Wales
                           University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
                                            Computer Science Department
                                                      3531 Boelter Hall
                                   Los Angeles, California 90024 // USA
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Phone:    (213) 825-5683 // +1 213 825 5683
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