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Terribly tempting: Personalized junk mail enticing recipients to try for expensive prizes and free trips should be ignored, consumer ministry officials advise
Terribly tempting: Personalized junk mail enticing recipients to try for expensive prizes and free trips should be ignored, consumer ministry officials advise

Terribly tempting: Personalized junk mail enticing recipients to try for expensive prizes and free trips should be ignored, consumer ministry officials advise

Date11/12/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Terribly tempting: Personalized junk mail enticing recipients to try for expensive prizes and free trips should be ignored; consumer ministry officials advise.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011106F
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