China Business Consulting

Got a call today from this number: +862151552000 - The voice was weird as if it was modified (as always with these scams). The person who called said that he called from "China Business Consulting" and he made it clear to me that this was NOT about selling and that I didn't have to make any commitment. They were curious about my company and it seems like they got my full name from the Norwegian Company Register.

I was not resisting at all and answered politely to all his questions. What he wanted to do was to get my permission to send me information about various companies. Business opportunities, I assume.

Unfortunately he had to hang up and said "Thank you, good bye" before I had a chance to say anything. Either he found me suspicious or he had spent enough time already. Time will tell, maybe they will contact me in a few days with some opportunities "I can not say no to".

This has SCAM written all over it. Here are some clues (Like I've pointed out so many times before):
- Silly company name that is so easy to understand, yet sound so big; "China Business Consulting"
- Scrambled voice on the phone (probably they don't want any of their staff to be able to be identified by their voice)
- They make it clear (multiple times) that "this is not selling". They all say this, these days. A lot of the same "companies" are started by the same people. They know how to get people to not hang up.

They claimed that they were expanding in my country, but if this was a company with serious intensions, I think they would have an office here. I also think they would have Norwegians call me instead.