Viewpoints
Magazine Sales Scam Concern
by Jan Alsup
February 21, 2005
Monday
The concern for magazine salespeople
is very real. A friend in Oregon has a son who had been selling
magazines with a group for many months, traveling the west coast
and up into the Anchorage area. He had a falling out with the
leadership and quit. He had a return air ticket to Seattle,
or so he thought. When he went to the airport, the ticket had
somehow been cancelled (probably never was one) and he had no
money to get home, let alone buy food and lodging until money
could be wired from his parents. It seems all they make goes
into their food and lodging and if they leave they are on their
own with no money for all the work they have done.
This is the second time I have
known people personally who were involved in this type of scheme
-- the other young man called his parents in a panic begging
for a bus ticket home. He felt lucky to just get away from these
people.
Jan Alsup
Ketchikan, AK - USA
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