Having recently established my publishing company, a letter arrived from a company called Switch Media. I assume they monitor all company registrations and send letters out based on that, because I haven’t had any dealings with them before.
To my mind, it’s tone is rather fraudulent though. It begins…
Dear Chris Worfolk – Welcome to Switch and Congratulations!
Welcome to Switch? I haven’t joined Switch. I don’t even know who they are. But it goes on…
We are pleased to inform you that your Company registration number as issued by the Registrar of Companies is:
I think this reads like they’re trying to fraudulently pass themselves off as an official body that you have registered your company with. In reality, they’re a web hosting company trying to flog you some website package.
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Tags: advertising, fraud, letters
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