Dear rment-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.
In searching for an answer to you question, I quickly realized that
nothing seemed to exist relating to any history of the WORLD EXPORT
FUND so, for a while at least, I simply gave up. In time, I revisited
the question and saw that you had posted a clarification in which you
were now calling the enterprise the WORLD “EXPERT” FUND. This revised
information, combined with your references to the enterprise’s
connection to both Arkansas and the lottery, led me to search for any
potential complaints that might have been registered against them,
since the state of Arkansas law does not provide for a state lottery
or gambling of any kind outside of the strictly controlled
thoroughbred horse racing (paramutuel wagering) located in Hot Springs
National Park, Arkansas.
While searching, based on the new information I had, I found this
‘Word’ document in an archive of the Federal Trade Commission
(http://www.ftc.gov/) called “PROJECT MAILBOX - Law Enforcement
Actions as of September 30 - FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS”:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1997/9710/cases.wp5
This document appears to be a list of former court actions and/or
court orders. In this list appears an action re: WORLD EXPERT FUND of
Kennesaw, Georgia.
If you can open the file in your browser and view it yourself, that’s
fine, but you may find that the file must be downloaded and read with
a ‘Word’ capable program. If you cannot manage that, here is what the
document actually says in reference to World Expert Fund:
“Defendant: World Expert Fund, Harry T. Miller
Headquarters: Kennesaw, Georgia
Product or Business: Prize promotion/lottery
Action: Cease and Desist Order; False Representation Order
Media contact: A.B. Ostroff, Postal Inspector Attorney
Office: 901-747-7721 Fax: 901-747-7775 ”
Nothing else in this document relates to this particular enterprise.
You will also note that beyond the mention of “September 30” at the
top of the page there is no date indicative of the year the document
was drafted or the date that the court order/action took place. By
virtue of the web address to the document
(http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1997/9710/cases.wp5) however, we can probably
assume with some degree of accuracy that it happened in 1997.
I suggest you contact the Federal Trade Commission and/or the Postal
Inspector Attorney mentioned above, (but, keep in mind that this
position may in fact be held by someone else by now) at (901) 747-7721
or fax (901) 747-7555 and make some inquiries as to the status of this
“business”. A search of area codes revealed that these numbers
originate from Tennessee; my guess is that this office is probably
Memphis.
Below you will find that I have carefully defined my search strategy
for you in the event that you need to search for more information. By
following the same type of searches that I did you may be able to
enhance the research I have provided even further. I hope you find
that that my research exceeds your expectations. If you have any
questions about my research please post a clarification request prior
to rating the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating and your final
comments and I look forward to working with you again in the near
future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.
Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
INFORMATION SOURCES
“Federal Trade Commission”
http://www.ftc.gov/
NEO-TECH PROTECTION KIT
http://www.neo-tech.com/protection/contents.html
ALL AREA CODES
http://www.allareacodes.com/tennessee_area_codes.htm#901
SEARCH STRATEGY
SEARCH ENGINE USED:
Google ://www.google.com
SEARCH TERMS USED:
“WORLD EPORT FUND”
“WORLD EXPERT FUND”
“FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION”
OSTROFF “POSTAL INSPECTOR” |
Request for Answer Clarification by
rment-ga
on
16 Feb 2003 00:09 PST
Dear tutuzdad-ga,
You did well, but I have a problem with 1997 vs 2003 date time and no
action. I surely can not be the only one having this problem now.
The FTC website I looked at but was unable to file a online compliant,
was getting a error msg. from Oracle Application Server.
Will call the Phone number in your email Tues.
Also, Your State reference Of Georgia vs Arkansas when the payment is
going to:
Process Center
PO Box 16450
1001 RN, Amsterdam
The Netherlands >>>>>and any mail coming back to the USA out of Little
Rock, AR 722.
It just appears the Cease and Desist Order has run out and needs to be
reactivated, and if no one else has started the ball rolling I guess I
am the Guy.
Thanks,
rment-ga
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Clarification of Answer by
tutuzdad-ga
on
16 Feb 2003 08:33 PST
Dear rment-ga:
I certainly cannot begin to explain for certain why the business, or
whatever it actually ended up being, is operating out of the
Netherlands, headquartered in George and soliciting in Arkansas. The
only reasoning I can imagine would be it is possibly a shady operation
that has been established in Europe in order to avoid restrictions,
taxes, laws, etc, by someone who lives, perhaps in Georgia. If that is
the case then it would only stand to reason that they would branch out
in order to keep from bringing any unnecessary attention or sanctions
on the headquarters.
The FTC Online Complaint form worked for me when I tried it again just
a few minutes ago:
https://rn.ftc.gov/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
If you don't succeed in getting it to work, you can contact them here
to find out what your complaint options are:
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/talk_to_us.htm
Or choose a regional office nearest you:
http://www.ftc.gov/ro/romap2.htm
You are right, the dates are old, but this is the only mention I could
find of them. Obviously you will not be the first who complained. The
court action against them is evidence of that.
Regards;
tutuzad-ga
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