[BCMA] Scam?

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

I had the most interesting phone call today.  A man called and asked if my museum would like to renew our listing in the "Canadian Arts Registry."  He read out the information on file, and the address he had down for my site was wrong.  At this point, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.  He then said that there was a cost to renew, for 2 years, of 400$ and some.  I replied that we were a very low budget site and I would have to talk to my Board about whether it was worth the expense.  I also asked the guy when the deadline to get our info into the Registry was.  He replied "well if you have to talk to your Board, we should just drop this" and hung up on me abruptly.  

 

I then googled "Canadian Arts Registry" and nothing came up.  Beware.  It sounds like someone is trying to run a scam that preys on museums' need for marketing.  Either that, or this guy was the worst telemarketer in the history of telemarketers.

 

 

Andrew R. Minigan

Curator

Heritage Park Museum

Terrace, BC

(250) 635-4546


 
 		 	   		  
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