Return-Path: <hodges@breakaway.Stanford.EDU-DeleteThis> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id AAA04516 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:10:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1x.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.58]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id AAA27758 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:10:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from breakaway.Stanford.EDU (breakaway.Stanford.EDU [171.64.20.202]) by msgbas1x.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B87692DC for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 01:10:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (hodges@localhost) by breakaway.Stanford.EDU (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA07382; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:10:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200008150710.AAA07382@breakaway.Stanford.EDU-DeleteThis> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Subject: Police investigation of Windsight / Micro Forecasts To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis Cc: Jeff.Hodges@kingsmountain.com-DeleteThis From: Jeff.Hodges@kingsmountain.com-DeleteThis Reply-To: Jeff.Hodges@kingsmountain.com-DeleteThis Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:10:45 -0700 Sender: hodges@breakaway.Stanford.EDU-DeleteThis Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by jr.labs.agilent.com id AAA04516
I discovered tonight I have three unauthorized $500 charges on my account from
Windsight / Micro Forecasts, even though my Windsight Star account has been
dormant for years (sigh). Anyway I did a google search for "micro forecasts"
in prep for calling them tomorrow and got a bunch of hits in email archive
threads, including wind_talk (back in Apr-May 1999). I poked about
rec.windsurfing to find that apparently they've gone done this to a Portland
fraud detective (oops). His recent msg to rec.windsurfing is below. I have not
called the portland police yet to add my name to the list and so I can't (yet)
vouch for the veracity of the msg, but the OR DOJ claim form is certainly he
points to. I'm gonna call 'em in the morning.
Links that take one directly to the msg below at deja-news are on my
windsurfing page at..
http://www.stanford.edu/~hodges/windsurfing.html
JeffH
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Newsgroup: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Police investigation of Windsight / Micro Forecasts
Date: 08/09/2000
Author: Peter Rysavy <prysavy@yahoo.com-DeleteThis>
I am forwarding this notice as per a request by Sgt. Hudson of the Portland
Police regarding an investigation of Micro Forecasts that operates the
Windsight service. If you have been the victim of unauthorized credit card
charges by this company, please follow the instructions below. This abuse has
been going on for many years. Now that we have the attention of the
authorities, it is the time to stop it. For this to happen though, the police
and DOJ need sufficient evidence.
Thanks, Peter Rysavy, prysavy@yahoo.com-DeleteThis
NOTICE FROM PORTLAND POLICE
Fellow windsurfers. I am a CGWA member and Portland Police Bureau Fraud
Detective. I recently had two unauthorized charges for $500 each placed on my
VISA card by Microforecasts. I believe my situation is very similar to all of
yours. Larry Hambrick apologized after the first charge, saying the charge
would be reversed, that it was a billing error. Giving him the benefit of the
doubt I waited for my next statement. Not only was it not reversed but an
additional $500 was charged. After having read thru a list of other victims
supplied by another windsurfer I seriously doubt this is a matter of poor
business practices. But I need your help to prove criminal fraud, if that is
what is occuring.
If you believe you have been a victim of unauthorized credit charges by
Microforecasts or Windsight Inc. please do the following:
1) Dispute the charges with your credit card company immediatly.
2) Go to the Oregon Department of Justice Consumer Fraud web page,
http://www.doj.state.or.us/FinFraud/welcome3.htm ; download a copy of the
complaint form ( you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to print it), fill it in
and return to OR. DOJ.
3) Call the Portland Police Telephone Report Unit at 503-823-4731. They will
either take your information immediatly or if you get voice mail leave your
call back number and they will call you. Be sure to have the date and amounts
of the unauthorized charges ready. Please be sure to give the officer the
following key case # 00-76206.
I will not personally be conducting the investigation because I am a
victim/witness. But I assure you it will be investigated.
Thank you,
Det. Sgt. James Hudson JHudson@police.ci.portland.or.us-DeleteThis
Portland Police Bureau Fraud Detail
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