How one man turns annoying cold calls into cash
Back in the day when 0898 numbers existed in the UK you could make £1.50 per minute.<p>I knew a guy who made a LOT of cash by hooking one up to a fax machine and then calling window companies and telling them "I'm about to go into a meeting where we are going to decide which windows to buy for a skyscraper we are building, please can you fax me your brochure immediately". He then gave them the 0898 number to fax the 200 page brochure to...