{"id":15,"date":"2009-08-16T22:10:07","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T03:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericgharrison.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/16\/naitpa-and-an-invoice-scam"},"modified":"2009-08-16T22:10:07","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T03:10:07","slug":"naitpa-and-an-invoice-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ericgharrison.com\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"NAITPA and an invoice scam?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I just received a letter from NAITPA<\/a> sending me my membership card, and thanking me for my support.\u00a0 I have a membership number, a receipt number and a due date on this nice letter.\u00a0 They also include a handy payment stub for my $231.00 annual payment along with my membership card.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s interesting is that until now, I\u2019d never heard of them.\u00a0 The mailing sure looks like a statement, and it doesn\u2019t include any marketing materials to help educate me about their site \/ organization, so I guess I\u2019m supposed to assume that I just pay them and \u201ccontinue\u201d my membership.<\/p>\n

This has all the appearances of a scam.\u00a0 If you look on the back, there is a disclaimer:<\/p>\n

\u201cBy accepting this offer, you agree not to hold NAITPA liable for any part thereof.\u00a0 Note: THIS IS NOT A BILL.\u00a0 This is solicitation. You are under no obligation to pay the amounts stated unless you accept this offer. The information in this letter contains confidential and\/or legally privileged information from the notification processing department of the NAITPA\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

So there we have it.\u00a0 These people are up there with those that send you invoices for copier supplies, even though you don\u2019t have a copier.\u00a0 Also, in the disclaimer, they state that you agree not to hold NAITPA liable for any part thereof \u2013 I think this means that they are saying that you have no recourse if they don\u2019t provide any of the services they claim to offer.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

On the payment stub, it has another disclaimer that \u201cmy membership is NOT transferable and NOT refundable", but on the disclaimer side they say that \u201cyou may request a refund within 30 days\u201d.\u00a0 Yup, sure you can.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t mean they have to give it to you.<\/p>\n

Finally, while there web site says \u201cAfter another successful year\u2026\u201d, checking on the Internet shows that their domain was registered on February 11, 2009.<\/p>\n

For all I know, NAITPA might be a legitimate organization, but it has many signs of being fake.<\/p>\n

Heh, at the end of writing this post, I used Bing (Google found nothing other than their web site) to search them, and found this other post: http:\/\/empoprise-bi.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/naitpa-professional-association.html<\/a><\/p>\n

If you want a real organization, check out the Association for Computing Machinery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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