Don't be fooled
by Louis Cassamajor
Issue date: 2/8/10 Section: News
The Piedmont College campus and the city of Cornelia have recently become the target of scam artists. If American Cash Award or Face-to-Face Technologies were to come to your door, it'd be best to turn them away.
Individuals who come representing these supposed companies door-to-door sell magazine subscriptions, which in turn accumulate points toward cash and travel incentives.
Vendors make the consumer believe proceeds go to fund such causes as cancer research, domestic violence and scholarships for higher learning.
Sometime around 4 p.m. on Jan. 25, two people identifying themselves with Face-to-Face Technologies visited campus in a red SUV. These individuals focused their solicitations on the Mayflower dormitory.
One campus student had written out a check to these individuals, and after a series of poorly answered questions, asked for her check to be handed back to her.
On the evening of the same day, around 6 p.m., Drew Davis' Cornelia neighborhood was visited by American Cash Award.
Just before Davis' home was approached, he noticed the individual walking over with a wad of cash and checks in hand.
Both of these business names can be placed into the Google search engine and will display such site results as: http://complaintsboard.com and http://ripoffreport.com.
The Better Business Bureau assigns a grade of F to American Cash Award. For the incident on campus, campus police were notified, and the individuals were ushered off campus.
Davis responded to the incident in his neighborhood by contacting the local sheriff's office and Cornelia police who then got in touch with local radio station WCON to put out a public service announcement regarding the scams.
Davis also sent out an e-mail to students to remind them soliciting isn't allowed on campus, and campus police should be immediately notified if this or any similar occurrences were to happen again.
Students can notify campus police by calling 706- 776-0105.
Individuals who come representing these supposed companies door-to-door sell magazine subscriptions, which in turn accumulate points toward cash and travel incentives.
Vendors make the consumer believe proceeds go to fund such causes as cancer research, domestic violence and scholarships for higher learning.
Sometime around 4 p.m. on Jan. 25, two people identifying themselves with Face-to-Face Technologies visited campus in a red SUV. These individuals focused their solicitations on the Mayflower dormitory.
One campus student had written out a check to these individuals, and after a series of poorly answered questions, asked for her check to be handed back to her.
On the evening of the same day, around 6 p.m., Drew Davis' Cornelia neighborhood was visited by American Cash Award.
Just before Davis' home was approached, he noticed the individual walking over with a wad of cash and checks in hand.
Both of these business names can be placed into the Google search engine and will display such site results as: http://complaintsboard.com and http://ripoffreport.com.
The Better Business Bureau assigns a grade of F to American Cash Award. For the incident on campus, campus police were notified, and the individuals were ushered off campus.
Davis responded to the incident in his neighborhood by contacting the local sheriff's office and Cornelia police who then got in touch with local radio station WCON to put out a public service announcement regarding the scams.
Davis also sent out an e-mail to students to remind them soliciting isn't allowed on campus, and campus police should be immediately notified if this or any similar occurrences were to happen again.
Students can notify campus police by calling 706- 776-0105.
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