Strike it Rich IV Sweepstakes and Paul Haines: What on heavens-earth can be done to stop these type of scams?

Yep They almost got me. It just sounded too damn good to be true. Here is what they do: They use politeness and offer you great gifts (for ex. diamond watches, electronic organizers) in an attempt to get you to subscribe to a magazine company. The salesperson was so polite that she asked me about the weather, what I was studying in school, what are my plans to do with the money. So I give her my Id number and she switches me over to another lady, who politely asks me about the how the weather is AGAIN. Then she talking some bullshit about charging me 1.29 per week for 2 years for a collection of magazines. I though to myself “hey even if this is a scam that’s a good deal. 1.29 per week is equivalent to purchasing a soda out of a convenient store.” Then she said something about charging it in 4 month installments of 67.00 bucks. I very good with numbers, so I did the math in my head. If I paid $67.00 for 2 years in 4 month installments that would equal about $420 dollars. If I paid 1.29 per week for 2 years that would equal about $130.00. Those values are far from equal. From then on I though SCAM. After this I decided to play along with the scam to get that *****’s hopes up. Excuse the profanity but thats the way I felt. So she asks me for a credit card and I utter the first 2 numbers, then in an intended unprovocative manner, I yelled, “SUCK MY ***bleeeeeep****. I wont put the actual word, but you all should get the picture.