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Robert Bonomi
 
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Default [it *IS* a crime!] Scam Alert on Woodstrokes & Woodcrafts Magazine offer


'Fake invoices' are *illegal*. Under "39 USC 3001 (d) 1"

Report it to the U.S. Postal Inspectors. There's a check-box on the
standard "mail fraud" reporting form ( PS form 8165 -- "why, yes, I
_do_ happen to have one of those forms in front of me" *grin* -- and
it's available on-line, at http://www.usps.com/forms/_pdf/ps8165.pdf)

What to do with the completed form is on the form itself. Note: _mailing_
it does *not* require postage.



These folks can have all their incoming mail intercepted, and 'returned
to sender', *AND* their outgoing mail "file 13'd", instead of being
delivered.


In article KxhJb.2649$zf.2633@okepread05,
RKON wrote:
SWMBO was doing the bills this morning and she was going through my
woodworking magazine renewals and showed me a renewal order for Woodstrokes
and Woodcrafts magazine which looked like an invoice. I had never heard of
the magazine and checked it out on the web and verified it as a legitimate
publication. Their subscription rate is 2 years $29 and the scam offer was
$59 for 2 years.

The firm was called Lake Shore Publishers Service of White City Oregon.
Further investigation has found that they are a slimy operation that has hit
other magazines ( Popular Woodworking).

Check http://edumacation.com/LakeShorePublishers for more info.


Happy New Year

Rich