[Hidden-tech] Looks like we have a scam here

[Peter Irvine]

I have been receiving phone messages from the NRCC for months, 
including an invitation to dinner with Bush. I have no idea how I got 
on their list. Like any other organization that pesters me, regardless 
of whether or not I agree with their goals, I asked to be removed from 
their call list.
I don't think of it as a scam -- I expected them to ask me for money.
My understanding of the Do Not Call Registry is that it only applies to 
personal phones, not business lines, but it's an interesting question 
for HIdden-Tech people of whether or not the Registry can be used to 
exclude calls to a home-based business.

Peter Irvine
Law Office of Peter Irvine
76 King Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Office: 413-587-0008
Fax: 413-280-0845
peter at peterirvinelaw.com


On Apr 15, 2005, at 4:51 PM, A - Z International wrote:
> Thanks for the many, many people who wrote today to tell me they also 
> heard from the NRCC and that we may all be the victims of a scam.
>
> There appear to be two efforts being made to get money and support 
> from unsuspecting business people:
>
> One is to ask you to a dinner with the president and then hit you for 
> money (I saved this one on my phone machine);
>
> The second is to offer you an award and then hit you for even more 
> money. (The Advocate wrote about that one).
>
> I was particularly susceptible because of the SBA award and wondering 
> if something like this would happen. I really try to stay scrupulously 
> nonpartisan in all my professsional work and with Hidden-Tech, so I 
> found this difficult and troubling.
>
> Please reach me if you, too, have had either of these experiences. 
> I've alerted regional and national media to this issue.
>
> best,
>
> Amy Zuckerman
> Hidden-Tech founder, co-chair