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A recent post in Teresa Burritt's Frog Blog got me thinking about telephone operators.
( Long essay beneath the cut )
( Long essay beneath the cut )
Apr. 20th, 2011
Scam: Secret Society, Part II
Apr. 20th, 2011 01:29 pmI recently posted about an invitation my mother received to the "Secret Society." Since then, I have received their most secret Orientation Manual (Part 1)! - and a followup letter indicating that they were terribly disappointed that Mum had not taken advantage of this limited-time, special, unique, amazing offer.
If you get a solicitation from these people, trash it. If you're wondering what you get if you should happen to respond, here it is:
The Greatest Kept Secret of All Time! (10.1 MB PDF).
I noticed with interest that everyone in this pitiful piece of ejecta claims to have received their 1000-page secrets manual for free. In addition, the great secrets it claims to contain are nowhere to be found - unless you fork over $140.00 for the real deal. It's just one lie after another... about what you'd find in your typical supermarket news rag.
The letter you get if you don't follow up is below - it's 100% horsehockey, but the most egregious road-apples are highlighted in yellow.
In case you can't tell, these people are liars and thieves - the worst dregs of society, preying on those who hope to improve their lives and offering virtually nothing in return.
This "copyrighted", "secret", "confidential" crap deserves to be spread far and wide with a warning to others to stay away from these fraudsters.
If you get a solicitation from these people, trash it. If you're wondering what you get if you should happen to respond, here it is:
The Greatest Kept Secret of All Time! (10.1 MB PDF).
I noticed with interest that everyone in this pitiful piece of ejecta claims to have received their 1000-page secrets manual for free. In addition, the great secrets it claims to contain are nowhere to be found - unless you fork over $140.00 for the real deal. It's just one lie after another... about what you'd find in your typical supermarket news rag.
The letter you get if you don't follow up is below - it's 100% horsehockey, but the most egregious road-apples are highlighted in yellow.
In case you can't tell, these people are liars and thieves - the worst dregs of society, preying on those who hope to improve their lives and offering virtually nothing in return.
This "copyrighted", "secret", "confidential" crap deserves to be spread far and wide with a warning to others to stay away from these fraudsters.
