Comments on: How to Avoid Mail Fraud

on 6/30/2006 We have never fallen for any mail fraud, but we just got scammed out of $249. We recently bought an ad for our business in the yellow pages and shortly thereafter we received and paid a bill for $249 from "YELLOW ASSISTANCE" complete with the "let your fingers do the walking" logo. Well, it actually wasn't our bill, it was a solicitation for putting our website into their useless search engine (and they didn't even do that). All of our calls and e-mails have gone unanswered.

Tip: Always read the fine print!

on 11/22/2005 It's very easy to be misled by some offers that come through the mail. We often "read" what we want to read and ignore the small print that tells us otherwise. I try to set the solicitation aside and reread it later.

on 11/22/2005 I'm a pretty smart person, but once answered a compelling letter and sent cash to enter the Irish Sweepstakes. Of course, I got no receipt and couldn't win, but I didn't think of that when I sent in the money. These letters now go straight into recycling.