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- COMPACT DISK CLUB FRAUD
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- Whenever you are in need of a relatively small amount of cash, I have found
- that CD club fraud can be a good steady soarce of cash flow. The process is
- relatively simple and quite safe, if executed with exactness and care. I will
- probably receive some flak for compiling this text, since this scam is rather
- well known, both in the H/P scene and out in the world of blue collar crime
- alike...but if one novice is enlightened, then I have accomplished my task.
- The first step that needs to be taken is that one must scout out a drop site.
- Preferably one which is vacant, such as a house that is up for sale, but still
- has a mail box and address. Then look in a music magazine such as Spin, or
- any kind of guitar magazine. They will usually have ads for CD clubs like
- BMG, or Columbia House. Use only the ones that send free CD's without the
- requirement of a purchase. Then fill out the application under an alias and
- have the 4 or 5 free CD package sent to the drop site. They usually arrive in
- about a month. I would recommend that you pick up the drop at an obscure hour
- such as 3 or 4a.m. since it is a federal offense to tamper with the mail of
- others, not to mention the fact that no further purchases will be made from the
- music club. After the 1st order is made, simply change clubs and order more
- free merchandise. Or, a safer more time consuming alternative could be
- employed... a new drop site could be found and the same company could be used
- under a different alias this time. I have found that BMG falls for this scam
- every time, and they send 4 free CD's, no questions asked. This type of fraud
- also works with books that are advertised with a 30-day trial period, and can
- be sold to a used book store for cash. The CD's can be either pawned, or
- sold to a used music dealership usually with no resistance since they are
- always in brand new condition, and still wrapped with plastic.
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- /\/ecromancer
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