> Before her death at 92, 3 years ago, my mother was pestered with
> scam mail for about 10 years, mostly from the Netherlands, the States and
> Canada and also Spain. She behaved in exactly the same way as your
> mother, and became very secretive about constantly sending off money to
> these people. She parted with tens of thousands of pounds. In return she
> sometimes received 'gifts' of small, trashy trinkets. She also started to
> receive mail from so-called clairvoyants, who were actually quite
> threatening, promising bad luck if she did not respond. My solicitor did
> contact some of the scammers, but there was little result. 0ne of the
> worst offenders, in the sense of getting money out of my mother, was
> Readers Digest, who most people consider to be reputable. She was
> tempted, by very clever wording and promises of free gifts, into buying
> hundreds of books and cds, (she didn't even have a cd player).
>
> When he realised the extent of her purchases, my husband contacted
> R.D.ånd after a bitter struggle, during which he told them exactly what he
> thought of their methods and threatened legal action, they reluctantly
> removed her from their mailing list. I realise that you cannot openly
> mention this company by their name because of possible litigation, but I
> assure you that they are most culpable in their dealings with certain of
> their customers. They know they have a vulnerable market.
>
> I wish you every success in your efforts to stop this extortion.
>
> Valerie J. Docherty



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