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To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (2167)5/6/1999 6:28:00 PM
From: Tommy Hicks  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3795
 
FTC attorney Paul Luehr said staff members came up with the idea for the phony come-ons in an attempt to dramatize how easy it is for even the wary consumer to be conned using the new medium.

What a novel idea.

th



To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (2167)5/6/1999 10:30:00 PM
From: Level Head  Respond to of 3795
 
This one is particularly good...

If there are any attorneys contemplating these issues from the standpoint of possibly joining in, they should be Email copied on these sites. Particularly the last one, for obvious reasons.

Level Head