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Non-Negotiable Non-Transferable

NOTICE AND DEMAND


FOR AFFIDAVIT OF GOOD FAITH CONCERNING THE
TERMS AND EXECUTION OF THE ACCOUNT AGREEMENT

FROM:
[ACCOUNT HOLDER NAME]
[MAILING ADDRESS]
[CITY, STATE, ZIP]
hereinafter referred to as "Account Holder"

TO:
[PERSON, TITLE], DBA [CREDIT CARD COMPANY]
[STREET]
[CITY, STATE, ZIP]
hereinafter referred to as "Credit Provider"

DATE: __________________________, 2002


VIA: Certified Mail #___________________________________
RE: Account # ____________________________________, hereinafter referred to as ”Account”

Dear [PERSON, TITLE]:

First, I want to thank you for the excellent customer service that I always have received from everyone in
your organization. Your people have always been very professional and friendly, and your information
systems are state-of-the-art, in my opinion.

However, I am concerned about something that I thought you ought to know about. I am beginning to read
and hear from various sources that there are some irregularities that are not being reported to top
management in some credit card companies. In particular, it appears that some of the accounts are being
processed by lower-level managers in such a way that the credit being extended is being funded by the very
customers who are requesting and using this credit.

From what my Certified Public Accountant (CPA) says, this appears to be what is going on. After a person
agrees to the interest rate and payment terms on the credit card application and it is approved and a credit
limit is established, a purchaser's charge slip (IOU) becomes a "promise to pay" (an income stream) that gets
deposited by the merchant after a purchase is made. Then the credit card company takes these charge
slips, "bundles" them into risk categories using cardholder profiles and other demographic characteristics,
"sells" them as monetized credit securities (i.e., new money is created), takes these "proceeds" (new money)
to pay the merchants, and then bills the purchaser for these charges -- all without the credit card company
risking or loaning a cent of their own assets (equity) to the purchaser. In effect, the purchaser is paying for
the merchandise twice -- once to the merchant and then once again to the credit card company -- besides
paying the credit card company a 9-18% interest fee for extending any "credit" beyond the interest-free term.

Of course, most of these transactions are NOT disclosed in the credit card agreement. Obviously, no one in
his or her right mind would ever agree to such a contract! Indeed, such an agreement would be declared an
"unconscionable contract" and "unjust enrichment", according to my CPA. But one does not need to be an

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accountant to understand that such a scenario has an economic effect similar to theft, counterfeiting and
swindling -- and even racketeering if third parties are involved!

I cannot imagine that this would be occurring within your credit card company; but, in the light of what
transpired in the alleged Enron/Arthur Anderson swindle, I think it is reasonable (and my CPA says it is
advisable) to request that you execute the attached "Affidavit of Good Faith Concerning the Terms and
Execution of the Account Agreement", and to demand that it be returned within ten (10) days of its
certified receipt. Also, please provide the name, address and phone numbers of your CPA and the person
physically in possession of my original account agreement, in the event that my CPA needs to inspect the
original account agreement and my account bookkeeping transaction history. Your tacit agreement to
assertions in the Affidavit will be presumed if the Affidavit is not returned.

Thanks again for your efficient and friendly team of professionals. I am looking forward to doing more
business with you in the coming months.

NOTICE TO THE PRINCIPAL IS NOTICE TO THE AGENT


NOTICE TO THE AGENT IS NOTICE TO THE PRINCIPAL
Applicable to all successors and assigns
Silence is Acquiescence

Sincerely and with all rights reserved,

_____________________________________
[ACCOUNT HOLDER NAME] [JOINT ACCOUNT HOLDER]

enc.: Affidavit of Good Faith Concerning the Terms and Execution of the Account Agreement

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