Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010

Beware bulldog scam

I just opened the Surge and saw a big ad with pic for English bulldogs for sale. I e-mailed them because we are looking for a dog and I got a response. It is a huge Internet puppy scam that's been going around. You might want to warn people about it. I would hate for someone to fall for it! Thanks so much.

-Brian Campbell

Dear Brian,

Thanks for the alert; yours was not the only reaction and words of warning stemming from this advertisement which ran on page 24 of March 4's Weekly Surge. According to our Sales Manager, when we learned that the ad in question was a scam, all future advertising from this particular client was pulled.

We sincerely hope no one was duped. If you come across any suspicious advertising or solicitations in any publication, online or via text or phone messages, please report the items to the Better Business Bureau, which has a local branch. The phone number is 488-2227.

-The Management

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