Fraudsters Abusing Canada's Do-Not-Call List

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 24, 2009 @02:17AM from the who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea dept.

J ROC writes "Phone numbers on Canada's Do-Not-Call registry have apparently been sold to off-shore telemarketers, scam artists, and other ne'er-do-wells, according to reports in the Globe & Mail and CBC News. The CRTC, which runs the registry, sells lists of phone numbers online for a small fee; making it available to anybody who might be interested in buying it, including con artists. I guess this explains why, ever since I added my number to the registry, I've been getting phone calls from 000-000-0000 trying to interest me in some free vacation scam. Canada's Privacy Commissioner is currently investigating."

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Re:omg by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-24 02:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You know what? I took the plunge and installed Linux today. Top Hat or some hat version. But now I have a problem. I'm getting these big red lesions all over me. I'm not allergic to anything that would cause that, and I haven't become infected with any diseases, my doctor checked me out fine. Then I figured out what Linux really is. Open Sores. Linux is killing me! Help!