People in Ireland Scammed by North Kansas City, MO
Ireland’s Sunday Business Post just carried a story of people in Ireland losing money in postal scams.
Trying to establish how many Irish consumers are being scammed is difficult for the obvious reason that many people aren’t too inclined to admit they’ve been duped.
Based on research conducted in Britain, Brendan Moylan, assistant director at the NCA (National Consumer Agency), estimates that scams cost Irish consumers €300 million a year.
And that’s great news for North Kansas City, Missouri.
Because in recent weeks an American company called Opportunities Unlimited Publications, with an address listed as a post office box in North Kansas City, Missouri, has been targeting Irish consumers in a prize draw scam.
Opportunities Unlimited Publications has sent prize notification letters to Irish people with claims that they have won prizes. The letter urges ‘‘winners’’ to send a €15/$15 registration fee to claim their prize.
The NCA, which was set up in May to represent the interests of consumers, has received notification from a large number of people who have got letters from the company.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) here in the US said it had no record of the company existing.
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Eolaí gan Fhéile:
Opportunities Unlimited - addressed listed as 1401 Armour Road, Kansas City, MO has been ripping off people for at least 30 years. See this website http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2002/091702.htm
Nixon files consent judgment requiring North Kansas City contest companies to give more facts to players, pay $44,000 to state. It is time for the Missouri Attorney General, IRS, US Postal Service and Securities Exchange Commission to investigate this company, the owners and their “creative director”, if found guilty of violating the law, the owners and “creative director” should be tried in a court of law, if found guilty sentenced (hopefully to jail).