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Hello everyone, I wanted to make you all aware of a scam specifically for the promo-industry.  A guy named Michael Pidcock stating he works for Ohio University (there is a REAL Michael Pidcock who works for Ohio University, but this is somebody posing as him).  Sometimes he says he works at Harvard.  He is using very realistic email addresses and requesting large volume quotes.  If you google his name you will find an ASI article going into further detail of the scam and what to look out for.  We discovered this during our due diligence after he requested to set up an account.  We attempted to contact his listed bank and got lost in a phone tree for a while and eventually it disconnected, raising a red flag.  One of our people googled his name and the article popped up.  He has been doing this for at least a year and a half.  Be careful out there.  

Hope you all are enjoying the expo!  Wish we could be there :)

Allison Bonin

Thanks for the heads up!!

Hello everyone, I wanted to make you all aware of a scam specifically for the promo-industry.  A guy named Michael Pidcock stating he works for Ohio University (there is a REAL Michael Pidcock who works for Ohio University, but this is somebody posing as him).  Sometimes he says he works at Harvard.  He is using very realistic email addresses and requesting large volume quotes.  If you google his name you will find an ASI article going into further detail of the scam and what to look out for.  We discovered this during our due diligence after he requested to set up an account.  We attempted to contact his listed bank and got lost in a phone tree for a while and eventually it disconnected, raising a red flag.  One of our people googled his name and the article popped up.  He has been doing this for at least a year and a half.  Be careful out there.  

Hope you all are enjoying the expo!  Wish we could be there :)

Allison Bonin