I've filed a three of them myself...all with good endings (from MY viewpoint
g). The postal service DOES take this very seriously, and in my
experience, is great.

"Robert Bonomi" wrote in message
ervers.com...

'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