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[[File:SonyPlayStation-TestResults-Envelope.jpg|right|thumb|The envelope. Image by [https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/2nd*sight 2nd*sight].]]
{{Infobox publication
|image = SonyPlayStation-TestResults-Envelope.jpg
|caption = The envelope. Image by [https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/2nd*sight 2nd*sight].
|country = United Kingdom
|published = 1998
|author = Claydon Heeley International
|language = English
}}
'''Test Results''' was a controversial<ref name="warc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.warc.com/newsandopinion/news/uproar-over-sony-fake-medical-test-mailshot/2859|title=UPROAR OVER SONY FAKE MEDICAL TEST MAILSHOT|site=WARC|published=August 1, 1998|retrieved=May 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{Cite web|title=Anger over Sony's 'cancer' mailshot|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/200628.stm|site=BBC News|published=October 24, 1998|retrieved=May 28, 2021}}</ref> Sony PlayStation promotional campaign created by Claydon Heeley International.<ref name="asa">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/0if_/http://www.asa.org.uk/adj/adj_3283.htm|site=The Advertising Standards Authority Website (archived version)|title=ASA Adjudications - February 1999 - Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd|published=February 1999}}</ref> In late 1998, members of the PlayStation UK mailing list received a brown envelope labelled "PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL TEST RESULTS." Inside the envelope was a medical card written by Doctor Bosconovitch, the recipient's "scan results," three X-ray posters featuring ''[[wikipedia:Tekken 3|Tekken 3]]'', ''[[MediEvil]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:The Fifth Element|The Fifth Element]]'', as well as a leaflet detailing various other PlayStation products.  
'''Test Results''' was a controversial<ref name="warc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.warc.com/newsandopinion/news/uproar-over-sony-fake-medical-test-mailshot/2859|title=UPROAR OVER SONY FAKE MEDICAL TEST MAILSHOT|site=WARC|published=August 1, 1998|retrieved=May 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{Cite web|title=Anger over Sony's 'cancer' mailshot|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/200628.stm|site=BBC News|published=October 24, 1998|retrieved=May 28, 2021}}</ref> Sony PlayStation promotional campaign created by Claydon Heeley International.<ref name="asa">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/0if_/http://www.asa.org.uk/adj/adj_3283.htm|site=The Advertising Standards Authority Website (archived version)|title=ASA Adjudications - February 1999 - Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd|published=February 1999}}</ref> In late 1998, members of the PlayStation UK mailing list received a brown envelope labelled "PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL TEST RESULTS." Inside the envelope was a medical card written by Doctor Bosconovitch, the recipient's "scan results," three X-ray posters featuring ''[[wikipedia:Tekken 3|Tekken 3]]'', ''[[MediEvil]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:The Fifth Element|The Fifth Element]]'', as well as a leaflet detailing various other PlayStation products.