This should be illegal! Thankfully cold calling is soon to be outlawed in the UK, let's hope this puts these out of business. As the Managing Director I was bombarded by calls, email and voicemails on my business lines, home phone and mobile. They told my daughter who answered the home phone that it was regarding funding and the European Commission and they urgently needed to speak with me. After refusing to speak with any of my Management, an onslaught of bombarding and rude, harrassing behaviour commensed for 40 minuites. After assuring me that this was all about gaining me funding and contracts for the European Commission and that my research and technology was directly being requested by the Commissioners themselves they proceeded to ask me for 8000 GBP or 16000 Euro (Not a correct conversion by the way. When I stated that the refusal to communicate by email or attend meetings and the fact that I would have to pay to recieve funding and contracts sounded like a scam, and if this was legitimate then it was at best appaulingly offensive and unprofessional conduct and business practice I was rudely shouted at, my business and intellect insulted and the phone slammed down. Over the next few days I received numerous emails from suspiciously personal hotmail accounts and phone calls from a UK cell phone +447823330526 at unsociable hours such as 8am and 11pm, demanding that I take part in this "project for the European Commission" by paying her this ammount which was now somehow only 6000 if I signed and returned a contract with in the next 15 minuites. If this had been a company in my country this lady would possibly be facing charges for harrasment and corporate misconduct. I asked some questions and did some research of my own; I would be very weary if I recieved any more calls from: Public Service Europe Public Servie UK Public Servant Public Service Events Defence Management DMJ All the same company 'publicservice.co.uk ltd" a small advertising company in the UK. It sounds to me very much like they just buy contact email lists off the internet, which I found out you can buy for as little as $2000 and email an advertisment to poor unsuspecting individuals. I doubt very much if the majority of the emails are even read, or make it past the junk filters. If you want to give a few tens of thousands to a crook and what appears very much like a dubious scam then by all means go ahead! Better still ask them to provide proof that their testimonials are genuine or to provide accurate statistics on the track record of success of other companies who have used their services...no reply.