TELEMARKETING has increased over the past few years to the point that most people becouse very annoyed with that dinner time telephone call. Mast telemarketers call on behalf of companies that would like to make an appointment for a sales repre- sentative to visit your home and make 2 product of service presentation. Others will want you to participate in a survey that will our views on certain top- is jor market or political research. One thing to keep in mind is the amount of person- al information that you give out to an unknown caller. You do not know for sure who the person is on the other “end of the call. Scam artists have used the phone for years to rip people off for millions of _ dollars. They play upon your greed whic is the downfall of most people who become victims. safe & sound Some people have been promised great prizes such as automobiles or tropical vaca- tions. The catch is you need to send moncy to pay for the delivery of your new prize. 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T became very suspicious at this point and asked what con- test I had entered and was cold my name was picked random- ly. That seemed very strange to me that someone would give away a car at random. The caller then rurned up the heat on me to get the money to cover the transporta- tion charges to B.C. He told me that I had to do it now or else I would fose the prize. At this point I had enough of the high-pressure tactics and [cold him that I wasn’t interested in paying the ship- THE following is a list of recent West Vancouver Police reports: March 03 1. 500-bIk, Duchess Avenue Thett from auto. Seven vehicles’ windows smashed. [t appears a sharp too) was used to scratch an “X"” before gaining entry. 2. 500- bik. Esquimalt Avenue Thett from auto, Vehicle parked in carport. Large *X” carved into glass on front window. Back window smashed. Glove box gone through. 3. 100-bik. Glenmore Drive Attempted stolen auto. Unsecured vehicle parked in front of residence. Damage to steering column. March 05 +. 1200-bik. Braeside Avenue Theft. Item stolen from side of yard. Stolen: foam mattress pad cushion for bench. 5. 6900-blk. Duchess Avenue Theft trom auto. Unsecured vehicle parked in drive- way. Stolen: Nokia cell phone. 6. 2100-bik. Argyle Avenue Theft from auto. Windows and door frames damaged. Window shattered. Vehicles parked in secured underground garage. Stolen: tape cassettes, jacket. 7. Gleneagles overload parking lot Thett from auto. Stolen: purse containing 1D, credit cards, makeup, cell battery. 8. 24th Street and Jefferson Avenue Thett trom auto. Vehicle parked adjacent to school. Stiding door glass smashed. Stolen: front and rear B.C. licence plates. 9. Cypress Bow! Road Recovered stolen auto. Vehicle recovered at Deerfield Rd. Damage to vehicle, stereo missing, igni- ton tampered with, Stolen from NX. Van. ping costs and if they really wanted me vw have the car I would fly to Montreal person- ally and drive it back. Now the caller became irate and started calling me names and what an idiot I was, and besides the transport truck was loading up my brand new vehicle as we spoke. After a few more minutes of outright demands to send the money, | finally refused and hung up the phone. I have won a few contests in my life. I entered them by filling out a ballot, I was advised by © SELF EMPLoyMENT INCOME ¢ EmPlovMENT INCOME * RETIREMENT telephone that I had won and . where [ could pick up my prize, and the only thing they asked from me was identifica- tion so they could prove who I was, My story was one example of telephone scams. Others include financial investments, lottery ticket sales, and fore- closed property sales. 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