ACQNET: Keeping track of scams

Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:31:50 -0500
From:  Corey Glenn Seeman (Univ. of Toledo)  <CSeeman_at_UTNet.UToledo.Edu>
Subject: Keeping track of scams

[Ed. note:  Corey and I have been corresponding about this for a couple 
of months.  There is
already a good list available at the Washington University of St. Louis 
- see: http://purchasing.wustl.edu/purchasing/purchasing.nsf
Then click on "Buyer Alert" on the left side, under Purchasing 
services.  Please note that this
link has been advertised in ACQNET in the past and is available from the 
ACQNET archives -
if people think another list is needed, contact Corey]

I have not done anything with this yet, but I had thought of setting up 
a blog to maintain an listing of
these scams.  We were hit with one at the University of Toledo and it 
had not been for a network outage
the day they first called, we might have been suckered in.  Colleagues 
were able to identify the company
as a scam and we were able to have the ammunition to fight back.  I 
think having a blog to record these
types of scams might prove useful.  Since they keep the most recent 
entries on the front page, it would
be rather timely for people to view.    Eleanor rightfully points out 
the need to have standards and to keep
the entries from being slanderous.  Still, we have decreasing budgets 
and the last thing we need is to
lose $400. 
 
Any thoughts on the blog idea?  They are easy to setup.  I have one for 
the profession
(library writing opportunities) and one for my son's cub scouts pack.  
Sorry, I reserve my rambling
thoughts for email!
 
Best -- Corey
 
Corey Seeman
Asst. Dean for Resource and Systems Management
University of Toledo
 
corey.seeman_at_utoledo.edu <mailto:corey.seeman_at_utoledo.edu>
http://library.utoledo.edu/userhomes/cseeman/
(419) 530-2333
 



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