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Rebate Fraud Clips Away at Manufacturer's Controls
Dumpster Diving Valuable Tool in Coupon Scams

 

Cincinnati Enquire - Groups of mothers met weekly in Iowa Catholic churches to stuff envelops with fraudulent manufacturers' rebate requests to raise money for the their schools.

 

A Massapequa, NY, woman and her daughters netted more than $200,000.00 by illegally redeeming rebate certificates.

 

Thousands of men and women across the country participate in rebating clubs via the Internet. They not only trade actual redemption coupons, but conspire to develop schemes that will defraud manufacturers using promotional offers. Investigators say that up to 90% of the rebate requests for a certain offer may be fraudulent.

 

According to Postal Inspector, Rick Bowdren, one of the more aggressive ways used to obtain labels and even rebate coupons themselves, is "dumpster diving". The perpetrators stake out dumpsters behind stores, manufacturing facilities and printing facilities were coupons are often casually discarded.

 

U.S. law enforcement officials estimate that between $600 million and $800 million are defrauded from manufacturers per year as a result of illicit rebate requests.

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