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There is another possibility here that I haven't seen mentioned yet: Someone fraudulently representing Mocality attempted to start a joint Google-Mocality vent

There is another possibility here that I haven't seen mentioned yet: Someone fraudulently representing Mocality attempted to start a joint Google-Mocality venture. Google was misled, and no one at Mocality was aware of the fraud, meaning neither party is guilty.

shimon 15y ago
Is it really plausible that Google would agree to a partnership and provide payment to a false Mocality representative without even speaking to the Mocality CEO? We can't rule this out without more knowledge of the case, but it seems very far-fetched.
- brown9-2 15y ago
  It's not hard to imagine that someone could fraudulently claim to be Mocality's CEO either. How often do you verify someone's ID in a business meeting?
  - notahacker 15y ago
    That suggestion reminds me of Ali Dia, the very limited footballer who ended up playing a game in the English Premier League after Southampton signed him on doubtlessly generous wages without bothering to check whether the call from legendary George Weah recommending his "cousin" was genuine, or whether a player called Ali Dia had ever played internationally for Senegal or Liberia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Dia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Dia
- duaneb 15y ago
  Google may have been under the impression that they HAD talked to the CEO.
napierzaza 15y ago
There are many more blind speculations to make. This is just one of them. Aliens!
- joeycfan 15y ago
  >Aliens! Pssh - Ninjas!
joelhaasnoot 15y ago
IP registrations can also be wrong, and someone could also be saying they're Google, and running a scam that way. Happens all the time with (semi-)legitimate firms acting as Adsense or Facebook Ads brokers. They often pull bait and switch tactics after you said you'd think about it.
brudgers 15y ago
A quick visit to http://www.kbo.co.ke/index http://www.kbo.co.ke/index shows this theory to be the sort of total horseshit Google apologetics it appears to be at first blush.

shimon 15y ago

Is it really plausible that Google would agree to a partnership and provide payment to a false Mocality representative without even speaking to the Mocality CEO? We can't rule this out without more knowledge of the case, but it seems very far-fetched.

brown9-2 15y ago
It's not hard to imagine that someone could fraudulently claim to be Mocality's CEO either. How often do you verify someone's ID in a business meeting?
- notahacker 15y ago
  That suggestion reminds me of Ali Dia, the very limited footballer who ended up playing a game in the English Premier League after Southampton signed him on doubtlessly generous wages without bothering to check whether the call from legendary George Weah recommending his "cousin" was genuine, or whether a player called Ali Dia had ever played internationally for Senegal or Liberia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Dia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Dia
duaneb 15y ago
Google may have been under the impression that they HAD talked to the CEO.

napierzaza 15y ago

There are many more blind speculations to make. This is just one of them. Aliens!

joeycfan 15y ago
>Aliens! Pssh - Ninjas!

joelhaasnoot 15y ago

IP registrations can also be wrong, and someone could also be saying they're Google, and running a scam that way. Happens all the time with (semi-)legitimate firms acting as Adsense or Facebook Ads brokers. They often pull bait and switch tactics after you said you'd think about it.

brudgers 15y ago

A quick visit to http://www.kbo.co.ke/index http://www.kbo.co.ke/index shows this theory to be the sort of total horseshit Google apologetics it appears to be at first blush.