The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Get-rich-quick creates 'victims, not millionaires Victims of unethical work-at-home schemes often find hanging on to their own money is the toughest job they face. 'Hundred of people have lost money after responding to vague advertisements offering "rewarding" work to do at home. Most of these ads are designed to sell a product, catalogues or instruction booklets. They offer few legitim- ate jobs and little but expense for the unwary. Using pictures of sports cars, airplanes or yachts and phrases such as "have wads of extra money in your pocket at all times," the advertis- ers prey on people's dreams of wealth, how- ever unrealistic they! may be. The practice is usually illegal, but it can be frustrating emotionally and finan- cially for job hunters who think they have found work. One common scam starts with an ad for workers to stuff envel- opes at home. Everyone answering the ad is sent a letter offering a set of instructions for a small price, usually less than $2. These "instructions' turn out to be just another sales pitch for a kit or booklet which will, supposedly, explain in detail how to rake in profits at home. The kit, costing as much as $35, offers advice on how to place work-at-home ads in newspapers and magazines. Those who responded to the original advert- isement are th supposed to stu envelopes with instruc- tions and $35 kits to sell to other anxious job hunters who place their own ads in turn. Few people looking for legitimate work ever run ads themselves. They end up spending more than $35 for a dust-gathering kit with no way to get the money back. "It's such a let down,' says Roberta Allan, Chief Consumer Ser- vices Officer (Toronto) with the Ministry of Consumer and Commer- cial Relations. 'You're not going to get any- thing worthwhile for the outlay and you're not usually entitled to your money back." Variations on the envelope stuffing scam are numerous, but they all promise incredible financial gains for a "small" fee. Ads offering employ- ment opportunities in foreign countries are part of another common scheme hidden in the help wanted columns. Promising salaries of '$100,000 or more a year," firms running such ads are basically selling lists of overseas companies. This inform- ation, which can easily be obtained in trade magazines, at libraries and through other sources, sells for $25 in many foreign employ- ment scams. The wording of#adver- tisements can differ as much, as the type of 'jobs' offered, but all such scams have one thing in common: they are selling something. Although they rarely appear in the help wanted pages, there are legitimate jobs which can be done in the home. As with any job, potent- ial employees should make sure they under- stand what work they will be doing and how much they will be paid. For further inform- ation, call the local Consumer Services Jureau of the Ministry. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1985 -- 33 C0898-0% SAVARIN. > £0! 09: Bottles on ice It was mighty cool outside on Saturday as Scouts from the First Greenbank- Seagrave Troop held their bottle drive. The youngsters collected nearly $300 worth and the funds will be used to help them attend the '85 Canadian Jamboree this July in Guelph. In this photo are lan Smith, lan Cobhan, Matthew White, Jason Williams, Steve Cobhan, Geoff Luke, Norman Crawford and Jeff Ansty. Absent from photo is Scott Spencer. The 'bottles were collected in Seagrave, Greenbank and Saintfield areas. | Gallery director speaks Joan Murray, Director of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the Canadian Club of She was editor of the Canadian Forum and is a consultant on a regular . basis for exhibitions at other galleries. She is contributing editor to the Canadian Art magazine and has been author or editor of a number of books on Canadian .art. Her most recent book "The Best of Tom Thom- son" will be published in 1985. Visitors are" welcome and reserva- tions may be made by telephoning Elsie McGuire at 576-6196. Air Conditioning/Heating LENNOX The end IS near: Take advantage of 'off-oil' Government grants now! All installations eligible for Federal Government 'off-oil' rebate * must be completed by March 31, '85. If you're thinking of replacing your oil furnace there may never be a better time than right now. while you can still receive-up to $800 in cash rebates! Your-Lennox dealer has the equipment, gas and elec- tric furnaces and heat pumps, in stock and available now. Call your independent Lennox dealer today. * Federal Government compensation to those who meet 'off-0il' program requirements. THOMSON HEATING R.R. 4, PORT PERRY 985-3365 EE EI ao Durham Region on Tues- day, January 22, at the Holiday Inn, Oshawa with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Our speaker has been associated with the Art Gallery of Ontario and as visiting lecturer at York University . and the University of Toronto and The Arts in Canada. JANE'S ISLAND HAIR DESIGN - 11 Years Experience - CONC. 10E, SCUGOG ISLAND 7 (Style Included) Children under, 12 Years Children under 5 Years (Long hair a little more) $1.00 extra Adult Hair Cut . .. . $5.00 | Permanerits - reg. 47.00 (Cut, Style & Shampoo) DAY OR EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. FOR APPOINTMENT CALL: 985-3947 5 Year Annual Interest MEMBER CANADA DEPOSIT © a Montreal Trust APPLY TO DON FORDER INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. 30 WATER ST, PORT PERRY - 985-8471 RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 1: 318% INSURANT fF (ORP - Reids Transfer and 7) WELCOME... employees of Storage Limited (Peterborough) to a Blue Cross dental Plan. 6569 Anberson = SE Ross Freer Suite 204 Peterborough Square - 360 George Street North Peterborough, Ontario K9H 7} 8 = (705) 7143-0677 ONTARIO BLUE CROSS CHEVROLET OLOAMOSILE a0n =f POON 1308 268 QUEEN STREET RY OTA LOB INO 985.8401