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On 17 Jul 1997 00:18:20 GMT, "Stephen McCoy and Charmiane Barr"
<mrsmrx@efni.com> wrote:

.I have been a member of icc since 1994.  I have never found the club
to be anything but straight forward and honest in it's dealings with
me.  I can't explain what happened to member below...but like most
*clubs* ..if you break the rules ,,you're booted.  I can only surmized
that perhaps that's what happened below.  I have met one of  the
owners and he  seems  to be a hardworking, honest person...

"cpatwo".

>
>
>BEWARE
>
>	I am writing this letter to warn everybody that the Internet Chess Club
>(ICC) is a SCAM.
>
>	The ICC gives you a free membership trail offer and then charges you
>$49.50 for a one year membership.  The ICC will then get you to 'agree' to
>a rules package.  In this package you will read that one of the terms is
>that the ICC reserves the right to ban paid members without an appeal since
>the ICC decision is final.  This means that you pay them and if you anger
>the Administrators (overoverseers) they will ban you and keep your money. 
>This is part of the SCAM.
>
>	Another part of the SCAM is that they will never refund your money or 
>answer your questions with direct answers.  If you mail or e-mail them the
>response will be short and vague.  This is because the say they do not have
>to explain their actions to members since they run the ICC as a business
>not as a service to the public on the Internet.  This untrue since they do
>not charge and pay taxes in the US.  The ICC will never refund your money
>is you are not satisfied because this would be difficult for them to do
>since they do not know which OWNER has your money so they just ignore your
>refund request.  Thus you lose your money and they say that they can not be
>punished for their actions.  
>
>A Call for Justice(Net Style)
>
>	I am calling for justice.  I have recently been scammed and their are
>probably others of you out there that have been banned also.   If you feel
>that the ICC is in the wrong and something must be done  to stop the ICC
>from taking money from people in an illegal manner I request that you help
>me FLAME the ICC at the following addresses:
>

>
>-- 
>Stephen McCoy
>"Quiet"
>mrsmrx@efni.com
>Wise men are those not afriad of learning new 
>aspects as time goes on
>