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- From: heflin@rtsg.mot.com (Suzanne Stratton Heflin)
- Subject: Re: Sweepstakes
- Message-ID: <heflin.719250149@pink1>
- Sender: news@rtsg.mot.com
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- Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
- References: <1992Oct13.194459.8701@iti.org>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 15:42:29 GMT
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- jls@hela.iti.org (Janet L. Smith) writes:
-
- >I just received a notice that I had "successfully completed the
- >first two stages of the All-American Sweepstakes and Promotion"
- >and I am ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED to receive at least one of the
- >following 5 items
- > o Chrysler LeBaron of $10,000 cash (they pay sales tax)
- > o 2 round trip airfares to Bahamas (hotel as low as
- > $27/night)
- > o Sony 32" color tv
- > o Sony camcorder/VCR
- > o $1,250 cash
-
- >Now, I know I have never entered a sweepstakes and they say the
- >mailing list was drawn up from "credit and other criteria to target
- >people most likely to be interested in this offer." They say you
- >are guaranteed to get something and then give odds for the awards -
- >the vacation being 249,969:250,000. Is this a time-share scam?
-
- Probably. Or the "free airfare" is from Miami. At least it's an 800
- number. My husband once called a 900 number, the nut. For several weeks
- (longer?) after that, we got approximately 5 to 10 similar things EVERY
- DAY. Ignore them, they'll go away...
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