Who On Earth Is Azni?!!
I received an
interesting email today from Barb. Here goes:
Dear Rafi,
Received a call from Azni (girl) who says she’s your ’sister’.
Conversation as follows:
Azni: … can I speak to Rafi?
Barb: ….She’s no longer working here.
A: … can I have her handphone no?
B: ….who is this? ….what is it regarding?
A: ….this is a personal call….I’m here sister…..
B: (very stunned that your ’sister’ wouldn’t have your hp no.)
….we cannot reveal such info…. would you like to speak to Ita then? (I
figured Ita would be able to tell if this is a genuine case)
A: ….Ita???
B: (getting more suspicious by tone of Azni’s puzzled
voice)….yes, Ita, your other sister? …let me check if she’s in the office
….
Ita was out of office. Lina intercepted the call & told Azni
to call Ita later. She never did. Personally, I wouldn’t release my
friend’s tel no. unless with prior permission. Do you know this Azni person?
Obviously I was puzzled and suspicious. So I wrote this reply and copied Lina
and Ita:
Dear
Barb,
Wow, I don’t know any Azni and definitely don’t have a sister
named Azni. I would have remembered if I have a sister named Azni, right? That
is VERY strange. I think it is definitely a bogus call. Thanks for the due diligence 
I appreciate it. Except family and close friends, very few ‘outsiders’ have
my handphone number and those who don’t, well, there’s a good reason why they
don’t have the number.
Lina, who’d the heck is this Azni? We’ve never dealt with anyone
named Azni right? When you told her to call Ita, what was her reaction?
Next, Lina replied:
he he he he
shld i continue the conversation like barb done it? cute la
barb…
ok la.
A: helo Ita, can i have rafizah’s hp no.?
L: yes, nk ckp ngan saper? lina sini
A: errr can i have rafizah’s hp no.
L: saper ckp nie?
A: i Azni, her personel fren la… (sound so hurry!!!) and her
voice not familiar to me.
L: Ok, can u call back ita another 1/2 an hour? Ita will help u
then. (barb with sign *don’t release! don’t release!)
A: ok la.I will call her back.. 
but til now…tarak call pun emm macam tu la kisah nyerr…
So here’s my message to this mysterious Azni, whoever she may be.
- I obviously can’t recall who you are. If you had called me using VersaComm’s number, when I was in fact heading VersaTrend for the last 3 years, that would probably mean you are someone whom I haven’t heard from for at least 3 years. And if I haven’t heard
from you for 3 years, there’s probably a very good reason for that. - Using "I’m her sister" tactic was, in fact, dumb. Did you think a PR Agency would reveal my number simply because someone claims she is my sister? If you were my sister, wouldn’t it be strange that you don’t have my handphone number and even stranger that you don’t KNOW who Ita is?
- And last but not least, if it had been of dire importance for you to reach me, wouldn’t it have been easier for you to leave your name and number so that Ita can call you back? Or so that Lina or Barb can pass your details to me?
My
conclusion is (and I think Ita, Lina and Barb would agree) this Azni, whoever
she is, is up to no good.
Azni, if you are reading this, here’s my message to you. I’d love to talk to
you, but only if I know who you are. You are obviously trying to get my number
using false pretences, so even if your intentions were well and good, right now
I don’t feel like I want to know who you are anyway. There was no Azni in my
life, won’t kill me to have no Azni in my life. At my age, I don’t need
mysterious friends. I only need papparazis.
