Work-at-Home Scam - 09/25/2007 Example  (Advantage Global LLC) Page Response

Dear Mr. Sanders,

My name is Katherine <surname removed> from Pleasanton, CA. I recently found out that my name and home address appears in one example on your website regarding work at home scams.

<link to OFP's Work-at-Home Scam - 09/25/2007 Example (Advantage Global LLC) Page>

Please see the attached letter for more information.

Thank you,

Katherine <surname removed>

Katherine <surname removed>
<street address removed>
Pleasanton, CA 94566
<Email address removed>

August 20, 2008

Mr. Bill Sanders
Orange Frog Productions
<My street address removed>
Lebanon, Indiana 46052

Dear Mr. Sanders,

My name is Katherine <surname removed> from Pleasanton, CA. I recently found out that my name and home address appears in one example on your website regarding work at home scams.

<link to OFP's Work-at-Home Scam - 09/25/2007 Example (Advantage Global LLC) Page>

My name is evidently associated with Pasadena Recruitment, which is listed as a registrant name and administrative organization under Marietta Services.org.

Please be advised I have no affiliation, connection or knowledge of Pasadena Recruitment, Marietta Services or Advantage Global LLC. I do not know how an individual or organization linked my specific name and address to what appears to be an illegitimate operation.

This is mis-representation. I have contacted an attorney and am currently in the process of performing research into the matter. We intend to initially identify the owner(s) of the domain names and pursue any legal remedies available in order to resolve the situation.

Your website appears to expose scams through education to the public, examples and helpful links. You have divulged some of the searches and names you found in your research, and I am interested in any additional information you may have to share regarding Pasadena Recruitment. If you would please contact me at <email address removed> I would be very interested in your feedback.

Considering the information pertaining to my association with Pasadena Recruitment is patently false, I am requesting that you please remove my name and address from the example on your website. You are a Good Samaritan to publish this data to help others; however, in the attempt to aid others it’s not helpful to me that my name and address appear on the internet associated with a scam. Thank you for your assistance and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

<Signature removed>

From: Katherine <surname and email removed>
To: Bill Sanders (OFP)
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: Katherine <surname removed>, Pleasanton, CA - Name and home address appears on Orange Frog Productions Website

Hi Bill,

Thanks so much for responding and understanding my predicament. I truly appreciate your cooperation. I'm sorry for not writing back sooner, the work week gets busy and I don't always make time to check personal email (weekends are key for catch up.)

Yes, I'm more than happy to have you keep some form of an example on your website as long as it removes the personal information e.g. last name, residence address and I could see your redacted version before you post it.

You can also use my letter as an example to show that I contacted you out of the blue for your assistance provided we delete the personal information, yours and mine. I have it in Word and can revise it and resend it to you. Do you want it in Word or Adobe to post to to your site?

Thanks for the link information too, all information is helpful. I have looked at several pages on your site to gain some knowledge about the various types of scams out there, it's very thorough. I'm not sure how much success we'll have in trying to resolve it with those who are responsible, hopefully we'll make some progress. I have been wondering how this could have ever started in the first place. For example, in the past 4 years I've been contacted twice by my employer's health insurance company (my health insurance) that personal laptops or servers containing information were stolen; this would have involved hundreds, if not thousands of people. They handled it through legal means at the time given their liability to those of us who were affected, but I don't know if these situations would have provided any connection to what has happened. Like you said, my name could have been picked random too; you never know. It's awful, and what's worse is there seems to be little control in stopping it.

At any rate, I'll keep you posted with what happens, particularly if we're successful in resolving the problem.

Let me know the format you want the letter and I'll take care of it for you this weekend.
Thanks again!

Katherine