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] Date Posted: 13/08/07 18:45 WARNING !! from Energies in Action www.energiesinaction.co.uk BEWARE THIS SCAM TARGETING ALTERNATIVE THERAPISTS & PRACTITIONERS The email below was sent to Energies in Action from a fellow practitioner PLEASE TAKE NOTE and pass on to anyone who may be targeted. I was wondering if you can help not only spread the word about a scam going on and stop people getting ripped off, but also help in catching and bringing the perpetrators to justice. About 18 months ago a company called AdPlaz TV, based in Blackpool, were phoning alternative therapists up across the country selling advertising space on Plasma TV systems being installed in local hospitals. The rates were good and in theory you had a captive audience outside outpatients or in A&E. It was a con, there were no Plasma screens and eventually the company went into liquidation and stopped trading having made thousands on selling advertising that was never going to be. I admit, I was conned and lost 600.00, but had to put it down to experience. Then some 8 months ago I was phoned by a company with the same selling techniques from Blackpool again, claiming to sell advertising on the back of appointment cards for the local Dr's Surgery. Having been once bitten and still smarting from the TV escapade I declined. When I thought about it in slow time, I realised the likely hood of a GPs surgery allowing a Hypnotherapist to advertise on their appointment cards was unlikely as it would appear to be endorsing the therapist and they didn't even know me. So I checked. no such cards were being printed. Course I was now cross cos I couldn't remember the name of the company to report them. Then last week I had a call from a woman with a Blackpool accent claiming to be phoning from Ascot Medical Centre and offering cheap advertising on Plasma TV screens. I was driving so couldn't write anything down, but I challenged her about who the parent company was she hung up. I phoned Ascot Medical Centre who are not having any such TVs installed. It is quite clear this is the same company reformed, they are going round using yellow pages and hitting time and time again. So: A: we need to warn as many as possible not to get caught up in it B: If anyone does get a similar call if they can try and gently get the company name and details (the phone always comes through as an anonymous call) and gets the details to the local police, and try and get this charade stopped once and for all. Would you be good enough to send a warning out to your mailing list right across the country, these people target every hospital and medical centre in the UK and then work out the nearest therapists advertising and hit them that's a lot of people. Any information that can be gleaned can and should be passed to the local police who will treat it as fraud. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |