On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:59:36 +0100, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> __/ [ Ignoramus23870 ] on Friday 08 June 2007 21:49 \__
>
>> I received a call on my cell phone today (it is my whois phone
>> number).
>>
>> A lady with a thick Indian accent called from a noisy location.
>>
>> She told me that she wants to speak to the "head of the company". Then
>> she said that she is working "on behalf of Google and Yahoo". Then she
>> asked me if I heard of "Link Popularity Program".
>>
>> At this point I recalled having been called by some other indian scam
>> ("Internet registry something or other") I was not interested. (and a
>> few other words about not working for scam companies, nothing unsavory
>> though)
>>
>> My question is whether anyone else received such phone calls.
>>
>> i
>
> Did she say it like {Google and Yahoo} or {{Google} and {Yahoo}}? The former
> would indicate it's *most* definitely a scam, but either way, it's
> definitely a scam. Haven't heard of such stories, but telemarketers are one
> of the reasons I rarely answer the phone (never at work). It's like SPAM.
> The are killing the medium.
>
Definitely a scam.
i
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