test prep offer is a scam

Test Preparation
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<p>"Complaints allege that The ACT and SAT Prep Center of Texas told parents their children had requested test preparation software through their local high schools. After buying the program for $119.99, parents found out their children didn’t request the software and their local high schools weren’t involved with the offer, according to the Better Business Bureau.</p>

<p>Other complaints include unauthorized monthly charges of $49.95 to the ordering account, nondelivery of the software and being unable to obtain refunds or cancellations."
(from [Michigan</a> families claim test prep offer is a scam - The Oakland Press News: The best place for news in and around Oakland County](<a href=“http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/07/14/news/doc4a5c4a2fdc190323565607.txt]Michigan”>http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/07/14/news/doc4a5c4a2fdc190323565607.txt))</p>

<p>A quick Google shows this scam is being reported in Michigan, Colorado, Maine, and Montana, but it is probably nationwide.</p>

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<p>Is it a live person or machine? That sucks for those people that bought them. I hope they get their money back!</p>

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<p>According to the reports, it is a live person who knows the names of the kids and their home addresses and claims that the kid has expressed an interest in test prep when filling out a form (at school).</p>