John Sessoms wrote: >> From: >> Fernando >> Hi John, >> >> that's something I learnt in my first month here in Canada, for some >> reason here we use "hydro" for "electricity", "washroom" for >> "bathroom" and "eh?" for "right?" and the list keeps growing, how >> "aboot" that? >> >> On 5/17/07, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > >> Ok, I get that it's a scam, but what is it about for those of us not in >> Canada? >> >> Specifically, "Hydro protection", "hydro bill"? >> > > Yeah, "aboot" I know; from Scotland. > > So it's some sort of scam having to do with your electrical service? > Something like the telephone service scams that followed the AT&T > breakup & deregulation here in the US, where you got a tele-marketer > calling you up and next thing you knew, your service had been switched > to FBNTCo*? > > * = Fly-By-Night-Telephone-Company > > Yep,
Although the real problem is poorly paid door-to-door salespeople who are willing to do a little fraud to make their numbers. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
