HPI
KAUAI, HAWAII, December 22, 2004: It’s come to our attention that there is a charge to vote for one of the new “Seven Wonders” of the world as reported in yesterday’s HPI. The web site requests one to call a number, which is in Estonia, and states that the organizers somehow receive a payment as a result of the phone call. The phone call gets a recorded message which gives a code number one then uses to vote on the web site. From Hawaii, the call costs US$1.18. We asked our phone company if there could be any additional charge, like a 900 number, and were told they didn’t think so, but were “not certain.” While the project still appears legitimate, at this point we’d recommend you participate in this voting “at your own risk.”