EGYPT REVEALED, ET AL - INFORMATIONAL REPORT #4 DATED 05/13/02

REGARDING:  Discovering Archaeology, Archaeology Today, Egypt Revealed, The
Glory of Ancient Egypt (ordered through Circa Media) and Dinosaur Magazines.
ALSO REGARDING: Egypt Revealed Expedition Tour of Egypt that was canceled in
August of 2001 and no refunds yet given.  ALSO REGARDING: Seven Wonders
Travel

Dear Fellow Subscriber or Interested Party:

First, some clarifications.  Apparently there has been posted to the various
Archaeological and Egyptological list serves that I am either (a) putting
together a class action, or (b) going to get everybody's subscription money
back.  Neither of these statements is completely accurate.  What I AM doing
is attempting to give the proper legal authorities enough information so
that they will examine what Jeff Leach has been up to, and bring him to
court for trial.  I sincerely doubt that any of us will receive refunds on
our magazine subscriptions however, one can always hope!  I believe the best
we can hope to do at this time is to put Mr. Leach in a position where he
will not be able to continue his various "scams".

And, at this time, the BEST WAY you can help in that goal is to file your
complaint with the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (www.ifccfbi.gov) as
mentioned in my Informational Report #3.  This is especially true in light
of the fact that the Attorney General's office in El Paso, Texas and the
Better Business Bureau in Albuquerque, New Mexico have advised me in their
letters of April 8th and April 16th respectively that they have not been
able to "resolve your problem" and that if I wish to pursue the matter
further, they suggest I contact the Small Claims Court, a Private Attorney
or the New Mexico Attorney General (whom I already filed a Complaint with on
February 22, 2002).  I have supplied the New Mexico Attorney General's
office with Informational Reports #1 through #3 plus copies of all relative
material.  I have also requested they advise as to the status on the matter
and whether or not they are in a position to do anything about this
fraudulent conduct or if I need to contact another legal authority.  I  have
yet to hear anything from their office.

Additionally, I have heard nothing back yet from the Internet Fraud
Complaint Center after contacting them to see if I could discern the status
of their investigation.  My contact with them was just one week ago; I will
advise in my next report what, if anything, I hear back from them.

By the way, thus far there are 106 of you that I am aware of who have been
financially impacted by Jeff Leach's conduct and 22 of you are just
"interested parties."  That's quite a number and I'm sure there are many,
many more out there.

In my last Informational Report dated April 11, 2002, I mentioned that I had
been receiving numerous inquiries as to what, if any, relationship there was
between Seven Wonders Travel/Egypt Revealed Tours/Janice Brannon and Egypt
Revealed Magazine/Egypt Revealed Expeditions/Jeff Leach.  I had initially
written to Janice Brannon about this issue, among other things on March 26,
2002.

On April 15, 2002, I received a phone call from Janice Brannon.  After a
rather lengthy conversation, Janice authorized me to release the following
information:  She stated that she is not involved with Jeff Leach or Egypt
Revealed Magazine and that Jeff Leach had volunteered to be the Master of
Ceremonies at the first Egypt Revealed Symposium in Chicago (October, 1999)
and from that he took the name Egypt Revealed for his magazine.

The other issues of money owed by Seven Wonders Travel to Ancient Egypt
Studies Association (AESA) members has not, per contact from those members,
been rectified as of this date although Janice assured me she would be
taking care of that matter.  When (and if) it is, that will be stated in a
future report.
Interestingly, I had received an E-Mail from an ARCE/North Texas Chapter
officer on April 11th after preparing Informational Report #3 regarding the
Egypt Revealed Symposium held in Dallas in 2000.  I was informed that, "At
the Egypt Revealed symposium held at Dallas, they brought in a ton of books
and oversold ...taking orders...paid up front by cash, check and credit
card...and then delivered few or none of the prepaid orders.  One of our
ARCE members was hit for hundreds of dollars in losses."

During my phone conversation with Janice Brannon, I queried her about this
issue.  She initially emphatically said that that statement was incorrect,
and then said that Jeff Leach was the one selling books but to her knowledge
none of the checks were cashed nor the credit cards processed for book
purchases that were not processed/delivered at the Symposium itself.  One of
your fellow subscribers mentioned to me that she had ordered books at the
symposium, charged them to her credit card but she didn't think the charge
was ever processed.  If any of you ordered books at the Dallas Symposium
which you paid for but never received, I would be interested in knowing
about it.

As for the various magazine web sites and domain hosting, there has
definitely been some recent activity.  In late March, the
Archaeologytoday.net web site was registered to Circda (sic) Media with a
contact of Jeff Leach in El Paso, Texas.  As of May 4th, it is now
registered to Tucows, Inc.  Fortunately, the web site at
www.archaeologytoday.net is still not functional.

The domain name Egyptrevealed.com is still registered to Jeff Leach at the
El Paso, Texas address and the web site remains non-functional however, as
recently as December, 2001 a subscription for Egypt Revealed Magazine was
mailed in and the subscriber's check was processed through the bank on
January 28, 2002.  This MAY be the most recent activity regarding Egypt
Revealed Magazine and the continuation of accepting subscription money
without supplying the magazine.

Unfortunately for those unwary subscribers out there, Dinosaur Magazine at
www.dinosaurmag.com is still up and running and has updated its web site at
least twice since March 25th.  The latest version is still accepting
subscriptions (if you click on "Subscribe Today!") and the contact
information for the magazine is now: Dinosaur Magazine, 2340 Hwy. 180 E.,
PMB 275, Silver City, NM 88061 which is an address previously unknown to me.
An address similar to this (2430 Hwy. 180 E.) was passed on to me by an
individual who had fairly recently received an E-Mail from Jeff Leach who
stated this Silver City address was his new mailing address.  A phone call
to the Grant County Tax Assessor's office in New Mexico revealed this
property is not cross-referenced in their database (under either 2340 or
2430) and without a legal description, they cannot ascertain who the owner
of the property is.  The person I spoke with at the Grant County Tax
Assessor's office stated that their "cross reference" system is not totally
complete at this time.

Returning to the Dinosaur Magazine web site, it is showing subscription
prices are $19.95 for one year and $29.95 for two years for U.S. subscribers
and $26.95 for one year and $43.95 for two years for International
Subscribers.  The FAX number showing is 212-208-2476 which is the same FAX
number previously used for Circa Media, Egypt Revealed and Dinosaur
Magazine.  This is also the same area code showing on a FAX transmission
sent from Jeff Leach to the New York attorney who is investigating the
canceled trip to Egypt through Egypt Revealed Magazine.  Apparently you can
program your FAX machine to show any phone number you wish it to.  It
doesn't necessarily mean you are FAXing from the location of that area code.

Also, the Dinosaur Magazine web site is soliciting advertisements.  Not good
news for the uninformed potential advertiser!

Formerly, the domain name was registered to Egypt Revealed with a contact
name of Jeff Leach at the El Paso, Texas address with an E-Mail of
jleach@humanoasis.com.  The domain name is now registered to Tucows, Inc.

Likewise, the Circamedia.net domain name registration has been moved from a
registrant of Egypt Revealed/Jeff Leach in El Paso, Texas to Tucows, Inc.
That web site remains non-functional as of this date.

And, finally, Jeff Leach's Humanoasis.com has also moved its domain name
registration, this time from Human Oasis, LLC at #10 Sanctuary Road, Silver
City, New Mexico 88053 505-388-4801 to Tucows, Inc.  The Human Oasis web
site is still up and running and selling services for $21.95 per month.  It
shows a customer support number of 877-646-3446 which is a 24-hour toll free
number which I have thus far not been able to verify through QwestDex.

Tucows, Inc., according to their web site at www.tucows.com "is an Internet
channel management company providing wholesale digital products to Internet
providers and web hosting companies on a global basis."  They are
headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices in Flint, Michigan and King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania.  They have nothing to do with Jeff Leach or his
various businesses.

I'm afraid this is all I have to report at this time.  I am hopeful that I
will hear back soon from the New Mexico Attorney General's office and am
copying them with this Report.  I am likewise hoping to receive some
communication from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center as to the status of
my complaint filed with them and what, if any, action is being undertaken.

Lynne A. Cole
Ancient Egypt Studies Association
Portland, Oregon/Seattle, Washington
www.aesa-nw.org