[AT] Bogus subscriptions

[Gene Dotson]

    Spencer;
    You can add my name to your list. I have received subscription notices 
from Road and Track and Cycle World.
    These are not gift type subscriptions, but appear to have been sent in 
from the fallout subscription cards. The address for payment from both of 
them is in Boulder, Colorado and appear to be the same as the fallout cards.
    Anyone can look up a name on Zaba Search and find anyone with any kind 
of public record or phone number. Looks like I have been found.

                        Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 8:57 PM
Subject: [AT] Bogus subscriptions


> Steve Sewell, even with all he has had to deal with, was kind enough to
> mention to me today while we were talking about other things that he 
> called
> the publisher about his bogus subscription and they said they had a scan 
> of
> the original "fall out" insert that was sent in with his name and address.
> It was indeed a hand written request.
>
> My bet is now definitely what I mentioned last night:   Sales commission
> scam.  Some unscrupulous telemarketer between bonafide magazine
> subscription calls is filling out the insert with names and addresses of
> folks who who frequent a particular web site from which he/she harvested
> names and home towns; just to boost sales commissions right before he/she
> quits with the dough.  It could indeed be a prankster.  I don't think the
> source is ATIS since our impact has been very narrow.   I haven't received
> one yet (I don't go to any other iron web site) and neither has the
> majority of folks here at ATIS on other lists who probably don't frequent
> the same tractor lists or don't go to tractor sites at all.  I could be
> wrong though on this.
>
> Just wanted to give you folks an update,
>
> Spencer Yost
> Owner, ATIS
> Plow the Net!
> http://www.atis.net
>
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