On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, A Joyce wrote:
> I was contacted on Thursday by someone called Elaine, claiming to be from a
> company called Sheersite in Plymouth. The UK Telephone directory contains
> the following entries under that name for Plymouth:
>
> SHEERSITE LTD, 19 Beaumont Hall Greenbank Av. 01752) 269886
> SHEERSITE LTD FAX.
> (01752) 254345
>
> although I am unable to say whether this company was the actual source of
> the call made to us.
>
> The subject of the call was a claim that someone else had contacted
> Sheersite wanting to register ourmuseum.com as a domain, and had not left a
> contact number with them, and they were now trying to trace the source of
> that call. No attempt was made to sell us a domain, but I made it clear at
> the very outset of the call that we would not be interested in registering
> a domain anyway.
>
> I am unable to say whether or not the call from Sheersite was genuine, or
> some sort of scam.
I had a phone call from someone claiming to represent that company on
Tuesday this week. I was off that day but the call was recorded on my
voicemail, where it still resides. They claimed that someone had tried to
register benniemuseum.com.
I have no idea how they acquired my phone number, nor how they know
that I am associated with the Bennie Museum. As I am merely the
Curatorial Adviser (and a Trustee) of the Bennie, I wouldn't register a
domain name on their behalf, so I assumed that the whole thing was some
sort of scam. If someone has registered benniemuseum.com, more fool them, as
there is no prospect of the Bennie Museum (annual budget < 6000 pounds)
ever being able to afford to pay for it. If someone sets up a website
on their behalf, all I can say is good luck. If it carries offensive
material, there should be means to get it closed down and if it doesn't,
it will be added publicity for the museum. The official Bennie Museum
site will be at http://www.benniemuseum.homestead.com for the foreseeable
future!
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Ian O. Morrison, Scottish Museums Documentation Officer
http://homestead.deja.com/user.ian_o_morrison/index.html
Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt
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