{"id":3665,"date":"2008-06-17T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/another-whos-who-scam\/"},"modified":"2008-06-17T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T12:25:00","slug":"another-whos-who-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/another-whos-who-scam.html","title":{"rendered":"Another Who&#8217;s Who Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Today I received <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/primary-alliance-group.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">another<\/a> solicitation to be included in a Who\u2019s Who volume. This time it was Madison Who\u2019s Who. As I have <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/sterling-whos-who-update-watch-this.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said before<\/a>, this is nothing more than a solicitation of money in exchange to print your name somewhere. No prestige, no personal assessment of your achievement, is involved. Note the generic \u201cDear Candidate\u201d at the beginning of this first (and apparently, indeed hopefully, final) invitation to register.<\/p>\n<p>If you get an e-mail like the one below, delete it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Dear Candidate,<\/p>\n<p>This is a final invitation to register, please respond at your earliest convenience. If you have already registered, thank you. You were recently appointed as a biographical candidate to represent your industry in the Who\u2019s Who Among Executives and Professionals, and for inclusion into the upcoming 2008-2009 \u201cHonors Edition\u201d of the registry.<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to inform you that on May 29th, your candidacy was approved. Your confirmation for inclusion will be effective within five business days, pending our receipt of the enclosed application.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Managing Director appoints individuals based on a candidate\u2019s current position, and usually with information obtained from researched executive and professional listings. The director thinks you may make an interesting biographical subject, as individual achievement is what Who\u2019s Who is all about. Upon final confirmation you will be listed among thousands of accomplished individuals in the Who\u2019s Who Registry. There is no cost to be included.<\/p>\n<p>We do require additional information to complete the selection process and kindly ask that you access this form on our website by Clicking Here<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Johnson<br>Managing Director<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:78%\">Madison Who\u2019s Who \u2013 3001 Northern Blvd. 2nd fl. Long Island City, NY 11101<br>Madison Who\u2019s Who is not associated or affiliated with Marquis Who\u2019s Who or any other Who\u2019s Who.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-722493755699416543?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I received another solicitation to be included in a Who\u2019s Who volume. This time it was Madison Who\u2019s Who. 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