‘Winners’
pay first

THE NORTH Vancouver
RCMP would like to remind
residents about scams and
dubious business practices that
surface in the community on a
periodic basis.

They include:

You area big contest winner

notification

Companies advise residents that
they have’ won “big ticket” prizes.
The “winner” is asked to immedi-
ately send money to cover shipping.

- faxes or insurance on the prize. The
money is usually requested in the
‘form of a postal money order.

The company promises that the
prize can be ciiimed by the “win-
ner” after the cover charges are
received.

“North Vancouver RCMP Cpl.
‘Gene Slobod said residents should
not be fooled by -high pressure
pitches about winning a major
: prize.

_ No such prizes exists and Slobod
“urges residents not to ‘send. any

money. | x,

- Slobod said” the, conipanies

oy involved ‘usually are based i in either
“" - Ontario or Quebec.

® Bargain. basement priced
_, Stereo speakers sald out of a vehi-

cle .. be

say the quality of. the speakers is

often poor and, despite information

to.the ‘contrary, purchasers are not

getting a deal on the stereo equip-
“ment. *

..:' For the past two. weeks, police
‘.. have. received compiaints that indi-
viduals are ‘selling speakers out of a

“white van in mall parking lots and
sometimes on streets in North

a Vancouver.

*: Police are investigating the oper-
sation which appears to be based out
of a numbered company headquar-
“tered in a Burnaby warehouse.
ois Anyone with information about
- the speakers’ . sales ‘operation: is
requested to call Cp!. Gordie Oke of
North Vancouver RCMP’s special
:. projects unit at 985-1311. For fraud
reports. or information, call the
fraud section at the same number. .
“oy i compiled by Anna Marie
D'Angelo ‘

The North Vancouver RCMP

STEVE BIRNEY of f the North Vancouver RCMP displays a sam-.

NEWS photo Terry Polers

ple of a dubious clearing house mailer.

Lights knocked out

‘NORTH SHORE - residents
remained relatively unscathed by
Thursday’s wind storm when
“compared: with other Lower
Mainland residents, according to
a B.C, Hydro spokesman.
Spokesman Verne Prior said
' fallen trees were responsible for
350 Hydro customers in West
Vancouver having their electrical
service disrupted between 6 p.m.
and midnight Thursday.

Most of the disruptions were
near the top of the British
Properties at Millstream and
Crestline roads-and were caused
by a single circuit outage.

Prior said there. were also a
few isolated outages across the
North Shore.

As many as 60,000 Hydro
customers throughout.the Lower
Mainiand had electrical service
disrupted Thursday.

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