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Kevin Trudeau book sells tied to Best Kept Secrets scam?

Submitted by on Wed, 12/17/2008 - 10:09
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I, too, received a form letter from "Kate" stating that I was chosen because I'm so incredibly "special" "gifted" "spiritual" etc., they wish me to join their secret organization. This so-called secret organization is supposedly the holder of "Best Kept Secrets" and they wish to send it to consumers absolutely "FREE." They claim that movie stars, government officials and the like are already secret members.

More importantly, I noticed that I received this form letter a week or so after I received the book I ordered for $19.00 plus shipping--authored by Kevin Trudeau titled "debt cures" published by Equity Press, copyright 2008. It's quite clear that the form letter in wide circulation is somehow tied to it since it arrived literally a few days following shipment of the "Debt Cures" book--they had my address! They probably sold my address to these con artists.

Do NOT give any information about yourselves to scam artists. Send these fake form letters to the State Attorney General's office.

Buyers Beware!


Signed: Not So Easily Scammed


I got the letter today and I must say, it is very well written....but i noticed a flaw in its writing that gave the whole thing away. In the letter, the writer signed a name "JOHN" at the end. But in the midst of the story the letter was explaining, the authour's name is revealed as "KEVIN"


Submitted by on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 20:27

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I got that same letter signed John . It seemed very fishy to me . So I looked the name of the book ,"Greatest Kept Secrets" up under Kevin Trudeau. However that book doesn't exist. But the links that popped up was "Scam". Note: To All if it doesn't sit right with you . Always go with your first mind! Look it up on the internet all the information u need is there to help you.


Submitted by on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 08:17

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I just received this letter today, sent from "John" (people on other sites have said the name says "John Finn"... I guess they decided to drop the Finn from the name). Funny thing is, on page 3 where he is describing meeting the "mystery man" for the for time, he writes:

He looked directly into my eyes and said, "Kevin, I know you're a special person."

Looks like "John" forgot to insert his name here in place of "Kevin"! On other sites people have made connections with this letter, the author of the poker book (Frank R. Wallace, pen name of Wallace Ward) and Kevin Trudeau, the author of "Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About". Apparently, Kevin sells his list of clients to "John". I have never bought anything from Kevin Trudeau but I did read that worthless book. They must have got my name from somewhere else. I also noted that the letter came from ZIP Code 75238 (Dallas, TX), had a fax number with a 716 area code (Buffalo, NY), and then the address to sent the "Invitation Request" to was in Dover, DE.

It is probably not connected, but last week I received a letter with a check for almost $2400 and instructions to send $1950 of it to someone and I could keep $300 for myself. This letter came from Canada. I checked the Hawaiian banks routing numbers with the FDIC and they do not exist.


Submitted by on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 14:48

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ROADWARRIOR.....had did you find that information on Kevin Trudeau? recently..I DID buy his book, 'Debt Cures'. It really doesn't say anything different than what the Forum says, to do, to reduce your debt. I never received any kind of letter, from Kevin, however (in some of the above posts, I guess some people did?).


Submitted by sdchargers_63 on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 03:18

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I just got the scam letter signed by katie as well
It was very well written and convincing- almost. What I don't understand is that I have never bought the book about cures. They must be tied into another program, book or website now.

Thanks
Tina


Submitted by on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 13:16

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I got one of these letters yesterday. It was long winded enought to entice me to read the whole thing. What a load of crap. However, I was curious enough to read it (and to use Google and Snopes). I have no idea from what source they got my address. I never dabble in self-help books and the like, only legitimate literature. Maybe one of Amazon's marketplace vendors is a snake.


Submitted by on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 06:04

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I also received this letter from Katie. I have to admit it is well written, and have thought of actually faxing back...info is free...curious to see what it is they call the Best Kept Secrets! lol What about this secret organization? Anybody curios about that??


Submitted by on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 21:35

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Hi'

This is to inform you that it is wise not to promote or elaborate on your personal information till the time you are sure about the company's authenticity for becoming a secret member for their community.Some companies may send you letters to join but never let out your personal information as they can be scams and create problems for you in the future.They are only trying to divert your attention to join a new program or website by a well convincing letter as they may now be with a new community.


Submitted by Rebecca Miller on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 12:14

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Hi,

This is to inform you that do not let out your personal info on any account.There may be a lot of people in our community who had joined a different site or community,the reason being why they are trying to send convincing and enticing letters to the members to join them. Think twice before letting out personal information as you may be scammed....beware!!!!!!!!


Submitted by Rebecca Miller on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 12:52

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Receiving cold calls have been disastrous for many of us. It's important that we identify the callers, the companies they're associated with and sign up only with the known ones. There are some legitimate companies that send paperwork to be signed by us after a caller explains the product features online or over the phone.


Submitted by Jeorge Preston on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 02:44

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