Tip-Offs To Rip-Offs
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Losing your life’s savings
could be only a phone call away.
To avoid becoming a telephone
scam victim, it’s important to
leam the familiar statements and
tactics used by con artists, said a
consumer scientist in Penn
State’s College of Agricultural
Sciences.
Not listening or responding to
offers that “sound too good to be
true” is the first defense to avoid
becoming a scam victim, said
Cathy Bowen, assistant professor
of agricultural and extension ed
ucation. “Tell callers to put you
on their “do-not-calT list,” she
said. “If they call again, report
them to the Pennsylvania Attor
ney General’s Office at (800)
441-2555.”
Bowen also suggests not re
sponding to offers that you get in
the mail for free products or
services. “This is a method often
used to identify potential vic
tims.”
If telemarketers use any of the
following statements or tactics,
Bowen said that they are proba
bly illegal. If a caller uses one of
them, hang up the phone.
• “You have to act “now’ or
the offer won’t be good.”
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MANOR MOTORS
On Rte. 553
Penn Run, Pa.
724-254-4753
HERNLEY’S FARM
EQUIP., INC.
Elizabethtown, Pa.
717-367-8867
• “You cannot afford to miss
this “high-profit, no-risk’ offer.”
• “You have won a “free’ gift,
a vacation or a prize and you
pay only for postage and han
dling or other charges.”
• You must give a credit card
or bank account number, send
money or have a check picked up
by a courier very soon.
• You are discouraged from
checking out the company with
anyone including your family,
lawyer, accountant, local Better
Business Bureau, or consumer
protection agency.
• You are not given any writ
ten information about the com
pany or any references.
• You are made to feel that
you are getting special treatment.
“Consumers over the age of 60
often are approached by con art
ists,” Bowen said. “Older women
living along are considered easy
targets.”
Bowen offers the following tips
to older consumers:
• Don’t buy anything by
phone from unfamiliar compa
nies.
• Always take your time mak
ing a decision.
• Never send money or give
your credit card or bank account
NICHOLS
FARM EQUIP.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
570-784-7731
B.H.M. FARM
EQUIP. INC.
Annville, Pa.
717-867-2211
B. EQUIP., INC.
Waynesboro, Pa,
717-762-3193
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GRUMELLI HOLTRY’S
FARM SERVICE EQUIPMENT
Quarryville, Pa.
717-786-7318
WERTZ
FARM & POWER
EQUIPMENT, INC.
PA Rt. 516,
Glen Rock, Pa.
717-235-0111
number to unfamiliar companies.
Before becoming involved with
a company, Bowen recommends
checking its status by contacting
the Better Bureau in the state
where the business is located.
If you can’t get satisfactory
action from a sweepstakes or
prize promoter after partici
pating, contact your local post
master or one of the following
organizations:
• Direct Marketing Associa
tion Inc., Sweepstakes Help
Line, 1111 19th Street, NW,
Suite 1100, Washington, D.C.
20036-3603, e-mail: sweepsta
kes@the-dma.org.
• Pennsylvania State Attor
ney General’s Office Consum
er Protection Hotline,
1-800-441-2555, 10 a.m.-3
p.m., Mon.-Fri.
• Call for Action, 5272
River Road, Suite 300, Bethe
sda, MD 20816, 301-657-8260,
www.callforaction.org.
• National Fraud Informa
tion Center, 800-876-7060
• Know Fraud, P.O. Box
45600, Washington, D.C.
20026-5600, 877-987-3728,
www.consumer.gov/
knowfraud.
Roxbury, Pa.
717-532-7261
C.J. WONSIDLER
BROS.
Quakertown, Pa.
215-536-7523
New Tripoli, Pa.
215-767-7611
Oley, Pa.
215-987-6257
11-ounce can Mandarin oranges, drained, cut in half
Dissolve Jell-0 in water, stir in sour cream until
smooth. Mix in sherbert until melted. Chill until partially
set. Fold in oranges.
Note: sometimes Debbie adds marshmallows for vari
ety.
Thanks to Sharon Bieimyer, Holtwood, for sending
many make-ahead recipes. The desserts can be made
ahead and frozen. Cookie bars taste Just as good frozen
as thawed, she writes. More of her recipes will appear in
next week’s edition.
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Squares
IVa cups powdered sugar
IV2 cups creamy peanut butter
1 Vz teaspoons vanilla
18-ounce package Pillsbury Refrigerated Chocolate
Chip cookie dough
Heat oven to 350 degrees. In medium bowl, combine
powdered sugar, peanut butter, and vanilla. Mix well.
Remove cookie dough from wrapper. With floured fin
gers, press half of dough in bottom of ungreased 8- or
9-inch square pan. Press peanut butter mixture evenly
over dough. Crumble and sprinkle remaining half of
cookie dough over peanut butter mixture. Carefully
spread as evenly as possible.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until golden
brown and firm to the touch. Cool 30 minutes. Refriger
ate one hour or until chilled. Cut into bars. Serve chilled
or at room temperature. Makes 12 bars.
Sharon writes that she doubles this recipe and uses
one package of chocolate chip cookie dough and one
package of white chunk cookie dough. She uses one
package for the bottom layer and the other for the top
layer.
Sharon writes that this recipe is a big hit with kids and
kids at heart. When finished, the cookies resemble little
hamburgers. These can be frozen. Because there is no
baking involved, these cookies are quick to put together.
It’s a fun thing to make with kids and a nice treat for
school and birthday parties.
Hamburger Cookies
2 tablespoons vanilla frosting
12 vanilla wafers
2 tablespoons green-tinted coconut
6 chocolate-covered round mint cookies
Warmed honey
Sesame seed
For each hamburger cookie, spread a half teaspoon
frosting on flat side of one vanilla wafer. Place one tea
spoon coconut and one mint cookie on frosting. Spread
flat side of second vanilla wafer with Vfe teaspoon frost
ing. Place frosting side down on mint cookie. Brust top
of “hamburger” with honey. Sprinkle with sesame seed.
Repeat to make five more cookies. Makes 6 cookies.
To make more cookies, simply repeat procedure with
additional ingredients.
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