This was a door to door solicitation that I have no address record, reciept or any other documentation other than a copy of my cancelled check. I was scammed 50 years ago in a magazine sales scam but I had forgotten until now.
A well dressed, polite young man appeared at our door at about 5 pm on 10-10. He told me he was representing a magazine subscription company getting donations of subscriptions to military personnel overseas. He said he was a student at the University of Missouri-Columbia hoping to raise money so his fraternity could go to London over Thanksgiving Break.
The deal was: For $80 his company would provide 10 subscriptions to magazines of the soldiers choice. He didn't say how much the fraternity would get because it depended on which magizines were chosen by the soldiers. As a futher inducement, we would get $40 refunded in 2-3 weeks because we were senior citizens. I told him that we would save the refund hassle by just paying the $40 but he said he wasn't authorized to do that. (That should have sounded an alarm)
He was a very chatty young man and when asked what his major was, it was Radio/TV Communication. I suggested that he should consider a major in Marketing because his personality leaned that way. (I was right that time.) At no time did he offer any literature to support his pitch but he did offer to come back after Thanksgiving and clean out the rain gutters. Needless to say, we haven't seen him since.
The only item I have from all this is a copy of my check that has 7557.15/15 800615/15, Kenny and some more un-decipherable writing in the "For" line. Since this is a statement copy of my check, I don't have access to the back but it is available for a fee from my bank.
Not much to go on, is there.
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