Who's Who - Not me
I am a company director and as such, my name and business address are held at companies house and are available to anyone who wants them.

A few years ago, I got a letter from a company called "Who's Who Publications" saying that I had been specially selected to be in "Who's Who of Britains Young Business Elite 2004".

Now me being so gullible that I would happily buy some magic beans from someone in the street, thought that this was the same kind of Who's Who that people like Tony Blair might be in and was dead chuffed.

So I smugly sent off my £60 to have my own personal entry and get a copy of the book.

Turns out that it was a complete con and these guys just buy lists from Companies House and see who is gullible, or egotistical, enough to fall for it. My guess is the only people who have a copy are those stupid enough to pay for their own entry (like me).

I still have the book at home and it is there on the bookshelf as a reminder of what a spaz I can be.
(Tom Jones's Mojo Hasn't had any since, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 14:34, 3 replies)

£60
To get my name in a book, where should I send the cheque? It is a proper book right, not a list of names on A4?
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 15:38, closed)

I think
I fell for something similar - an A2-sized calendar with a bunch of businesses around the outside (including ours) for a couple of hundred quid. Sounds like a bargain for a startup and, of course, most of the profits go to charity.

Cnuts.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:28, closed)

the real Who's Who...
actually costs £150 (from publishers A&C Black). The fraudsters were doing themselves out of a few bob there.
(no way hose is staring unemployment in the face on, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 13:37, closed)