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You have probably seen those commercials with that bald guy offering free computer lessons. Perhaps you thought that the offer was too good to be true. You would be correct. The offer is in fact a scam and the bald guy, John W. Scherer, is the chief scam artist. Mr. Scherer makes it sound like he is offering his free eBay lessons so that he can introduce his company to you. But in reality, Mr. Scherer simply wants your credit card number so he can keep sending you more and more lessons at $69.95 each. Yes, what Mr. Scherer doesn’t tell you is that when you purchase his “free” lesson you are actually subscribing to his service and he will keep sending you more lessons until you tell him to stop, and perhaps even after that. But the best part is that the supposedly free eBay lesson isn’t actually free. The eBay lesson is actually made up of 3 CDs and unless you return one of them within 10 days of the ship date you will be charged $79.95 for your free lesson! And you can’t simply return it. You must call Video Professor and wait on hold until you can talk to someone and get an RMA (return merchandise authorization) number. It is true that if you read all the fine print on the website you will see what you are getting into but the offer as described in the commercials is simply a lie.