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Electronic Games Sales Scam

Electronic game buyers beware -- Web sites may advertise popular games for sale but never deliver them. That's the warning from the U.S. Council of Better Business Bureaus and the Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus. The Canadian CBBB recently began to receive numerous inquiries from consumers in the U.S. about two Canadian-based Web sites, www.ps2storeusa.com and www.ps2storecanada.com, which advertised that they had "a large supply" of Sony Playstation2 products. Since the products are sold out in many retail stores, desperate consumers are searching the Web to find them for holiday gift-giving. Read more...

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