Got a call from a Texas attorney yesterday clearly probing me on background information for a potential lawsuit against one of the largest companies in Illinois.

Got the name right but nothing else.  Was asking me, as the former CFO for this company, why the companyhad changed its mind on a deal with a firm in Texas.  I was confused to say the least.  I finally asked him who he THOUGHT I was and he said the former CFO of this company.

I explained that I was not and he had the wrong guy.  He said he got my information from LinkedIn.  Read my bio which has this company name NOWHERE in it and assumed I was the right guy.  How?  I have no idea. 

He was gracious and apologized and asked me to "forget his name and that he ever called" and that he would not "bother" me again.

It was very strange.

Point?  Just because it is on the internet, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or anyplace with a www starting it does not make it true. We should all be consciously aware of this only "internet truth" when we choose to use the web for work.