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RUSK COUNTY TREASURE HUNTERS
ASSOCIATION meeting 7 p.m. the sec-
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mas.
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HENDERSON ART CLUB meets 10 a.m.- urday. A pot-luck dinner will be served
2 p.m. Mondays at Meals on Wheels on at 6:30 p.m.
Fairpark Avenue. For information, 903-
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HHS CLASS OF 1959 meeting, 11:30
a.m. Jan. 2, 2019 at Denny’s Restau-
rant. For information call Jim Stroud,
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uel Baptist Church, 1408 S. Evenside.
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landscaping. Nominations may be made to the Henderson Area Chamber of Com-
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Gift exchanges could leave
you empty handed...or worse
chain to applicable federal or state
that laws and regulations of the
for origin and destination states.
or • Be wary of buzz words.
of Certain phrases should raise a
they red flag.
against
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other
letter
asks
money
items
value,
are against Don’t believe anything is
the law. “guaranteed” to do well or
If you are that offers low or “no risks”
looking for a with a high return.
way to help Chances are you will
you get into receive little or no money
the holiday back on your “investment.”
spirit, this Despite the claims, a chain
is certainly letter will never make you
rich. In most cases, you’ll get
Sending a stranger one gift
and getting up to 36 items in
return may sound like a great
idea, but you might be break-
ing the law.
While gift exchanges grow
in popularity during the
holiday season, according to
the U.S. Postal Inspection
Service’s gambling and pyra-
mid scheme laws, gift chains
like this are illegal and par-
ticipants could be subject to
penalties for mail fraud.
Better Business Bureau
serving Central East Texas not it.
(BBB) urges consumers to use Whether you receive a nothing at all.
caution before participating chain letter by mail, email or
in a gift exchange. social media, especially one Scam Tracker. You can view
Here is how the scheme that involves money or gifts, reported scams in your area
works: If a consumer pur- BBB recommends: as well.
chases one gift for a stranger, • Start with trust. Check If you’ve been a target of
a chain email scam, contact
The U.S. Postal Inspection
Service offers information
aboub t chain letters or you
can call the Postal Inspection
sonal information to anyone Service toll free 1-877-876-
repeats especially over social media.
• Mailing alcohol is
As if the illegali- to be a savvy consumer, go to
Of course, starting this ty of gift exchanges wasn’t bbb.org.
To report fraudulent activ-
You must disclose United States Postal Service ity or unscrupulous business
your personal information also deems the shipment of practices, call BBB at 903-
such as your home address, alcohol domestically or inter- 581-5704 or go to BBB Scam
This is a typical pyramid nationally as illegal activity,
scheme. If you are shipping alco-
Gift exchanges may seem hoi, you must be licensed and
harmless, but just like any authorized to ship according
BBB recommends:
• Start with trust. Check
he or she will receive as many with BBB before becoming
as 36 gifts in return. involved in suspicious and your Internet Service Provid-
This type of gift exchange possibly illegal activity. er and forward the email to
may seem reasonable enough • Don’t disclose person- the FTC at spam@uce.gov.
in theory: six friends invite al information. In essence,
six or more friends, who all the best thing to do is com-
send gifts to the participant pletely ignore it altogether,
in the first spot before that
person’s name is removed.
This process
itself with the participant
in the second spot and so illegal,
on.
gift exchange comes with a bad enough, additionally, the
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Moore, Dan & Griffin, Ashton. The Henderson News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 80, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 23, 2018, newspaper, December 23, 2018; Henderson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1236672/m1/11/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rusk County Library.