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From: kathyj@pase70.Convergent.Com (Kathy Johnson)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: WARNING: POSSIBLE PHONE SCAM
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Date: 13 Dec 90 13:27:50 GMT
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Index Number: 12445

In article <16352@bunker.UUCP> 34AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET (Bill Gorman) writes:
>Index Number: 12433
>
>This weekend I got a call from someone claiming to represent
>something called "NOVA", acronym for "National Organization of
>Vocationally Abled Handicapped".  They are trying to sell "long
>life" lightbulbs. The caller claimed they had "eight offices
>nationwide" and claimed to be calling from a local city. I checked
>with Directory Assistance and found no such listing for that city.
>This sounds like a scam to me. If they call you, I suggest you take
>appropriate precautions. On the off chance that they are proven
>legit, I will then apologize for my extreme caution. But not until
>then.

I don't know if the agency is legitimate or not, but the light bulbs 
are garbage.  My husband bought some from that group last year and the 
bulbs last an average of a month or so.  (The ones from the store last 
longer.)
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