fdt1@fluke.UUCP (Frank Tomlinson) (07/07/84)
Dear consumers,
This article is to warn everyone in net land of a ripoff that a
friend and myself ran into. I received a phone call from
Transcontinental Distributing Co., 1765 north high, suite 1200,
Hollywood, Calif. 90028 from a Mike Johnson. He informed me that I had
been picked as a visa and mastercard user as a winner and would receive
one of these five prizes:
1. 24' pontoon boat
2. 6' spa
3. Silver Star Satellite Receiving station
4. RCA Video recorder and camera
5. 1984 jeep
To qualify for the free gift you have to buy a years supply of
Uni-Pack Corp. vitamins for $298.00. At first glance the prizes all
look worth well above $298, but the prize you receive is not worth the
shipping cost. The prize is the Satellite receiver that's more useful
as a salad bowl. Next they ask for your visa or mastercard number and
the vitamins are on their way.
It would appear from our findings that everyone gets the same prize,
the satellite receiver, which is more like a crystal radio than anything.
Also the name ,address, location and phone changes but the routine and
prizes remain the same. A word of advice, if it sounds too good
to be true, it probably is.
--
Frank Tomlinson
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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