Strange Phone Call...

[Martoch]

Hello!
Well at dinner tonight a friend of mine (Paul) mentioned a phone call that he received yesterday that I thought was quite odd...here's how it went:

Paul: "Hello"
Caller: "Hello sir, I have a few questions I want to ask you if
that's ok"
Paul: "Sure, that's fine"
Caller: "Do you own a computer?"
Paul: "Yes ma'am"
Caller: "Do you use the internet?"
Paul: "Oh yeah"
Caller: "Are you familiar with any of the music downloading
websites such as Kazaa, Morepheus, WinMX, etc...
Paul "Um...yeah"
Caller: "Would you say you're VERY familiar with these sites, somewhat familiar, or not really too familiar at all?"
Paul: "Somewhat familiar"
Caller: "Have you ever downloaded any songs from these sites?"
Paul: "No, I've never tried that"
Caller: "Then I have no further questions, thank you very much"
...dialtone.

Is that weird or what? Any of you experience any calls like that?
I've heard that some company has a "sniffer" to track down people that are downloading music from P2P sites...but phone calls??? I wonder what would have happened if he admitted to the downloads.

What do you think?

Thanks!
Mike

[Mike]

Your friends name is Karl and he received the phone call? Who is Paul?
That is strange, who knows and who really cares what that is about.

[Martoch]

HEY! I care enough to post it!
I corrected the name...I noticed the mistake after I posted. Karl is his son.

Some survey company has jumped on the P2P bandwagon and it making a killing with so-called surveys for the Hollywood moguls.

I doubt it means much of anything. Watch for the survey results soon, like:

Survey shows 98% of American households download illegal music!



Cheers
Mick

[Knothead]

Some survey company has jumped on the P2P bandwagon and it making a killing with so-called surveys for the Hollywood moguls.---Mickwish

Yep! That's absolutely classic!

Now if Paul had given an affirmative answer, that caller would have gotten real interested....

[Mike]

Yes, the caller would have liked Paul a lot more.

I think that I never answer questions from strange ppl who call me on the phone.... that's how ppl get scammed and / or in trouble.

[Martoch]

I've got call screening on my line...if the number doesn't show up on caller ID, they have to say who they are into a recording that I get to listen to before the call is connected...I have the option of accepting or denying the call. A few more $ a month, but well worth it to me!

[originel]

sound quite interesting i think. it prolly is just for a survey for hollywood, but who knows. i'd be glad i answered "no" on that question.

[capybara]

pacific bell where i live has for $4 per month
"privacy manager" which includes
caller id, called id blocking refusal,
computerized-dialing sales calls blocked, and more.