Mark, I haven't received that, but I usually (and again, - just a moment ago) receive spam about "Who is Who in America" by Marquis Who's Who (to my faculty e-mail).
I never investigated that one, - but in my opinion, - none of them deserve my attention. On a related subject, - I remember that a few years ago, somebody ran a similar scam on a different level. Many distinguished scientists received a message telling that they were selected to become a member of some Academy of Sciences (in the US). (I don't remember the exact name of the Academy, but it was neither of the two that are legitimate in the full sense), and once they send a membership fee, their membership will be processed, and blah-blah-blah. Surprisignly (or should I say "not surprisingly"?) some people "bought" that and sent the money (a few hundred dollars). And that's despite Ph.D. degrees in sciences and other indications of the intellect. Igor Tue Nov 30 06:29:24 CST 2010 Mark Roberts wrote: > I'm guessing that a lot of people on the PDML have received email from > the Montclair Publishing "Who's Who" con artists. > (http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=140) They say you're being > "considered" for inclusion in the next edition of their book, please > call for an interview, etc. Like most people I just delete the email > (and report them for spamming) but there are several sites on the web > from people who called back for the interview that detail the rest of > the scam: Basically, one has to buy "membership" for an exorbitant fee > to be included. > > Anyway, if anyone has dealt with this scam operation I'd be interested > in hearing about it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
