IN B.C.

Eastern sales scam hasn’‘t surfaced yet

A SCAM involving the sale of pens at twice their normal price as a ‘‘special introductory offer’ hasn’t surfaced in the Canadian West but police are advising business co be aware in case it does.

Under the scheme, profes- signals such as doctors and lawyers, primarily in the Toronto area, has been receiving telephone calls from California with an of- fer for a special introductory price on 100 Paper-Mate pens.

that by placing an order, the professional person will be eligible to win prizes ranging from color TVs to paid vacations.

If an order for the pens is placed, the caller asks for the professional's credit card number and expiry date.

debited $330 for the pens, which can be purchased in Canada for about one-third that price.

Paper Mate general man- ager Howard Silverstone says the company has nothing to do with the scheme.

“We hope that people who are called will catch on to the scam right away and refuse to give any informa-

The caller says the offer is When the pens arrive, tion about credit cards or being made as part of a the purchaser finds his themselves,’’ Silverstone test-marketting scheme and charge account kas been says.

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