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Topic ID 2525
22/02/2007 by Steve
Domain Name Scam
Not sure if they're targeting Hertfordshire at the moment, but I've just taken a telephone call from a domain name scammer claiming that someone is trying to register a domain name similar to one of our businesses and offering to register it in my name for a fee - the usual trick. I asked their business address and they gave me an address that turns out to be a pub in Shoreditch (sloppy!).
The company was Profile Business Services and they claimed to be at 27 Clerkenwell Close EC1 (which is actually a bar called Dust). The guy that phoned claimed his name was Martin Finnon. The Contact Page of their website at www.profilebusinessservices.com is an unsecured credit card form (sloppy again!). The domain name is registered to a Nick Frenton of Margaret Street W1.
I've reported it to Trading Standards.
So if you get a call from them, just hang up (or like me you could string them along and have fun winding them up!).
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Reply ID 36021
22/02/2007 by simcut
Call yourself Mr Farq Auff
:)
Reply ID 36390
02/03/2007 by Dude
I like spooking them out. I had a property sales person on the phone yesterday. The conversation went like this.
Salesman - Hello, I'm phoning to discusss a fantastic opportunity that has arisen in Dubai, are you familiar with Dubai?
Dude - (long pause, then is a whisper).......heeeeelp meeeeeee.....
Salesman - Hello?
Dude - (long pause) I don't have any friends.......
Salesman - Arh, Well are you familiar with Dubai?
Dude - Will you be my friend, I like you.
Salesman -Click!
Reply ID 36395
02/03/2007 by Steve
quote:
Originally posted by Dude
I like spooking them out. I had a property sales person on the phone yesterday. The conversation went like this.
Salesman - Hello, I'm phoning to discusss a fantastic opportunity that has arisen in Dubai, are you familiar with Dubai?
Dude - (long pause, then is a whisper).......heeeeelp meeeeeee.....
Salesman - Hello?
Dude - (long pause) I don't have any friends.......
Salesman - Arh, Well are you familiar with Dubai?
Dude - Will you be my friend, I like you.
Salesman -Click!
There used to be a website dedicated to these. It was very funny. Sadly gone now.
Reply ID 36396
02/03/2007 by Drama Queen
Perhaps you should start one up Steve?[:D]
Reply ID 36397
02/03/2007 by Ewoowar
Tom from Anglian Windows in St Albans was so entertaining. He wouldn't take no and even when I put the phone down he was still on the line when I picked it up 2 minutes later.
Reply ID 36815
07/03/2007 by Marilyn
quote:
Originally posted by Ewoowar
Tom from Anglian Windows in St Albans was so entertaining. He wouldn't take no and even when I put the phone down he was still on the line when I picked it up 2 minutes later.
The bst thing for the is to let them go on with the speel then say, you realise this is a mobile home, thats gets rid of them....
Reply ID 36841
07/03/2007 by dobbin
I had a call the other week from a pub listings site. Pay so much and they would list the pub etc etc. I asked how many hits their site received and the person calling didn't even understand the question. She went to ask someone and they didn't have an answer. Needless to say, they didn't get any business from me [:D]
Reply ID 36945
08/03/2007 by steven
Nominet are just as bad. I had a letter a few days ago offering me an extension of one of my domains (£6) for £95, with small print indicating they had nothing to do with it :)
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