[Ct-nfb] Google beta testing, important, please read

Gary Allen garyallenct at gmail.com
Fri Aug 25 17:59:06 UTC 2017


It was not googke you provably  fell for a scan.

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 12:49 PM Edward Shaham via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello Anne,
>
> You may of filled out a spoof form; A form made to look like it’s coming
> from google. Did you fill the form out in your google account, or did you
> get the form by email?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Edward
>
>
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>
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> *From:* CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] *On Behalf Of *Anne
> West via CT-NFB
> *Sent:* Friday, August 25, 2017 11:55 AM
> *To:* 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
> *Cc:* Anne West
> *Subject:* [Ct-nfb] Google beta testing, important, please read
>
>
>
> I am not a very happy person and I’m downright angry. You might remember
> that a survey, or maybe I should say an application circulated to beta test
> Google products. I filled out the form and now regret it.
>
>
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> I have been receiving phone calls from 860-200 numbers. There are many and
> they come in at least 3 times a day. I answered one and it was Medical
> Alert Systems. I don’t want any part of that.
>
>
>
> My companion, Hope, has a client who filled out the same form as me. Hope
> Googled Sprint, Lt. which is the company from which the calls come. It is a
> telemarketing agency in Hartford. Hopes client actually talked to people
> from 2 of the numbers. Each number represents a different company such as
> Medical Alert, hearing aid companies and so on. Apparently, Google sold or
> gave info from the beta testing products form to Sprint, Lt. for
> telemarketing even though the form stated nothing would be given out. Lie!
>
>
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> Frontier Communications allows a small number of phone numbers to be
> blocked if one has the service. I’ve blocked 7 of the 860-200 numbers. I
> will not answer any more of them and will block as many as I can.
>
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> I will never do anything like that again. I should have known better.
> Hopefully the calls will stop soon and given the chance, I’ll let Google
> know what I think of their practices. If they contact me about beta
> testing, I will tell them to pound sand in a not so nice way.
>
>
>
> Enjoy this wonderful weather and have a nice weekend. A few prayers for
> people in Texas won’t hurt.
>
>
>
> Anne West
>
> K1stm at frontier.com
>
>
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-- 
Gary Allen
President
National Federation of the Blind
Of Connecticut
(860) 589-2241
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