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From: bobmon@iucs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Cheap modems and other delights
Message-ID: <4645@iucs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Aug-87 16:21:36 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 14 16:21:36 1987
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Summary: A recently seen ad was fraudulent

I recently posted a request for info about a company offering a modem for
$122 (at least two other people posted similar queries).  I've since seen
the following bulletin, which I am passing along...


Message #1951
  To ALL                                    08-11-87
>From STEVE LEON (SYSOP)                     Subject WARNING
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There is an ad appearing in BYTE, INFO WORLD, Compuserve's ONLINE and
perhaps other places (it may be scheduled for PC WORLD). It is a full
page ad by an outfit in Beverly Hills California called Compuscan.
Prices are absurdly low - in fact - they are below wholesale.
To make a long story short - the whole thing is a scam. We have the
postal authorities on it. INFO WORLD will have a front page story next
week on it.
In the meantime, don't fall for it. If you already have - RUN to the
bank and stop payment on the check. (Get to the bank in person and get
it from them in writing that you told them.) If you already sent money
and your check was cashed - next time remember the old -but true fact -
that if sounds too good to be true - chances are it is not true.
Please pass it on through the BBS networks.
                                         STEVE LEON