Path: utzoo!attcan!ncrcan!aimed!nick
From: nick@aimed.UUCP (Nick Pemberton)
Newsgroups: tor.general
Subject: Re: scam alert
Summary: headhunter?
Message-ID: <7480@aimed.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 89 14:06:24 GMT
References: <1989Jul7.200412.28046@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: AIM, Inc, Toronto, Ontario
Lines: 18

In article <1989Jul7.200412.28046@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> It is reported that there is a telephone scam being conducted in the Toronto
> area.  A fellow calls up and asks to talk to the head of data processing, or
> words to that effect.  He introduces himself as a computer-supplies-company
> rep, chats a bit, and then says "we're sending that printer-cleaning kit you
> ordered -- where should we send the bill?".  If you ask him for his address,
> he hangs up.

Boy that sounds familiar - I wonder if it more scam to get names then it is
to get money. We've had similair events here, including an invite to some
sort of rum cooler tasting blitz. Its times like that that you wish your
phone could tell you where the call was coming from...

Nick
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