[PBARC] QST Scam

[E. Glenn Wolf, Jr.]

Attention All Amateurs...

League Warns of Bogus Solicitation (Jun 25, 2003) -- NEWINGTON, CT. =
Somebody
out there is trying to "sell" subscriptions to QST, but it's not the =
ARRL.
ARRL Customer Service/Circulation Manager Kathy Capodicasa, N1GZO, said =
she
has received several phone calls and e-mails from members reporting the
scam."Apparently, there is some kind of bogus telephone solicitor out =
there
trying to get people's names, addresses and credit card numbers," she =
said.
"ARRL does not solicit for 'subscriptions' to QST. Under no =
circumstances
should a member give out their credit card numbers to someone trying to =
sell
them QST."QST is the official membership journal of the ARRL and is not
available to the general public from a magazine distributor or =
publishing
house. Should you receive a call from the phony solicitor, Capodicasa =
asks
that you try to get the solicitor's name and check the caller ID box, if =
one
is installed, for the caller's number. The information can be e-mailed =
to
her at n1gzo@arrl.org, or you can reach her at 860-594-0257