Hu San Niang
20.08.2003, 13:29
Womit man alles Geld machen kann....vorsicht an alle Glatzköpfe.
:evil: :D :evil:
Bald hunters grab customers
by short & curlies
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/index.html
By Ryann Connell Staff Writer August 20, 2003
Baldies beware! Being follicly challenged could be putting you in a hairy situation, according to Asahi Geino (8/28).
In what could be a hair-raising experience, photographic proof of baldness on identification such as a driver's license is all that unscrupulous scam artists need to send off private details to companies looking to cash in on a lack of locks.
"A driver's license contains a person's name, birth date, address and a photo. What more do you need?" an employee of a video outlet that sells its customers personal information tells Asahi Geino on strict condition of anonymity. "Any photo identification shows roughly how old the bearer is with just a single view. And if the bearer is bald, that can mean big money. People at our store collect the personal details of all our bald customers and make them into lists we sell to wig manufacturers."
Certainly, those with little on top are indeed potential customers for wig makers. And it seems the business is thriving.
"We're making a killing," the video store employee says. 'We get at least 1,000 yen and sometimes as much as 5,000 yen for every name that we supply."
It's feasible that firms could make millions out of this type of deal. With Japanese governments gradually linking to a national online registry, private information is being controlled more than ever before, meaning the information some companies have that others want to have can be a bigger goldmine than it has been up until now. Not surprisingly, it's not just video outlets that are in on the caper.
"Right across Japan there're loads of hospitals that are feeling the pinch of tight competition. They have to pay a fortune for investments, as well as find the money to pay doctors' huge wages and then take on nurses as well," a worker for a firm that sells lists of individuals' information to catalog companies tells Asahi Geino. "For instance, there're countless companies that make products or offer services for sufferers of dermatitis who'd pay a small fortune for lists of dermatitis patients. The same goes for cancer patients. The companies will then contact these people over the phone or by mail."
Such lists can prove a lifesaver for hospitals struggling to survive under existing budget constraints.
"If the information comes from a hospital and it's relatively new, even if the type of disease being treated is not specified, the price can be up to five times more than what a regular list will command," the list maker tells Asahi Geino. "That can be anywhere from 1,000 yen to 1,500 yen per name."
:evil: :D :evil:
Bald hunters grab customers
by short & curlies
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/index.html
By Ryann Connell Staff Writer August 20, 2003
Baldies beware! Being follicly challenged could be putting you in a hairy situation, according to Asahi Geino (8/28).
In what could be a hair-raising experience, photographic proof of baldness on identification such as a driver's license is all that unscrupulous scam artists need to send off private details to companies looking to cash in on a lack of locks.
"A driver's license contains a person's name, birth date, address and a photo. What more do you need?" an employee of a video outlet that sells its customers personal information tells Asahi Geino on strict condition of anonymity. "Any photo identification shows roughly how old the bearer is with just a single view. And if the bearer is bald, that can mean big money. People at our store collect the personal details of all our bald customers and make them into lists we sell to wig manufacturers."
Certainly, those with little on top are indeed potential customers for wig makers. And it seems the business is thriving.
"We're making a killing," the video store employee says. 'We get at least 1,000 yen and sometimes as much as 5,000 yen for every name that we supply."
It's feasible that firms could make millions out of this type of deal. With Japanese governments gradually linking to a national online registry, private information is being controlled more than ever before, meaning the information some companies have that others want to have can be a bigger goldmine than it has been up until now. Not surprisingly, it's not just video outlets that are in on the caper.
"Right across Japan there're loads of hospitals that are feeling the pinch of tight competition. They have to pay a fortune for investments, as well as find the money to pay doctors' huge wages and then take on nurses as well," a worker for a firm that sells lists of individuals' information to catalog companies tells Asahi Geino. "For instance, there're countless companies that make products or offer services for sufferers of dermatitis who'd pay a small fortune for lists of dermatitis patients. The same goes for cancer patients. The companies will then contact these people over the phone or by mail."
Such lists can prove a lifesaver for hospitals struggling to survive under existing budget constraints.
"If the information comes from a hospital and it's relatively new, even if the type of disease being treated is not specified, the price can be up to five times more than what a regular list will command," the list maker tells Asahi Geino. "That can be anywhere from 1,000 yen to 1,500 yen per name."