[AccessD] OT: Who's Who listings

...if you think about it for a moment Jim ...who are they going to sell 
these books to?

William

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim DeMarco" <Jdemarco at hudsonhealthplan.org>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
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Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Who's Who listings


> The paper letter seems to be legit by virtue of the paper for sure.  I 
> don't beleive either request is asking for really personal info but I sure 
> took a leap when I checked my e-mail and saw another version of the same 
> thing!  Who's the real Who's Who anyway?
>
> Jim D.
>
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Bryan
> Carbonnell
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 11:32 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Who's Who listings
>
>
> On 21/10/05, Jim DeMarco <Jdemarco at hudsonhealthplan.org> wrote:
>> List,
>>
>> Is there some scam going on on the Net regarding Who's Who listings?  By 
>> coincidence (maybe) my daughter received a letter yesterday from Who's 
>> Who in Middle School saying she'd been pre-selected for a listing in this 
>> book (Who's Who in Middle School).  We were certainly proud to see this 
>> but I checked my personal e-mail account this AM after being away from 
>> any PC related activity yesterday to find that I've been selected to 
>> appear in something called the Madison Who's Who which I've never heard 
>> of.  Both requests ask for additional biographical information.  I don't 
>> know what info. off-hand sorry (don't have the docs here with me).
>>
>> Does anyone else find the timing of these notifications "interesting"? 
>> Is there some funny biz going on I should be aware of?
>
> Jim,
>
> If the letter your daughter got was a paper letter, then I do believe
> that it's probably valid.
>
> I received one when I was in High School in FL for a year.
>
> The e-mail you received, I'd be wary of. I think that the timing of
> the e-mail is probably just a coincidence, but if the paper letters
> come out this time every year, then the timing may be more than just
> coincidece. It may be specifically designed to coincide with the real
> letters.
>
> Just my $0.02
>
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