CONSUMER FRAUD TOPIC OF PROGRAM

PERRYVILLE -- Telemarketing has become a big business in the United States. Do you know how to spot telemarketing fraud and how to avoid it? Do you know what your rights are as a customer, if a telemarketer or door to door salesman calls on you?

Suzanne Zemelman, consumer and family economics specialist with University of Missouri Extension, will present a consumer fraud program on May 26.

Sponsored by the Women's Exchange in Perryville, the program will begin at 7 p.m. in the education center of the Perry County Memorial Hospital. There is no admission charge.

The public is invited to attend.

Zemelman will talk about scams such as pyramid schemes, phone prize offers, insurance fraud, credit fraud, investment fraud, and many others.

An open house will follow the program at the Women's Exchange, 206 Hospital Lane.

For more information or to reserve your seat, contact Shirley Meyer at 547-2536 ext. 130.