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"I'm a rep from your credit card company ...
"... and recently there have been irregular transactions in your account. To continue the discussion we need confirmation of your identity. Please give me your SSN, credit card number, name and address for confirmation ..."

"This is the FBI. We suspect there maybe terroristic ties to your credit card transactions. To continue the conversation over the phone, we need a confirmation of your identity. Please give me your name, SSN, and the current address ..."

AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON ... I can think of about another dozen possible ways for criminals to scam us.

IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: toomuchgreeatea@...   Posted on: 09/02/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Horse Hockey! There is NO good reason to lie!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/04
Place responsibility where it belongs!  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
If that is where the problem lays..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/04
Potentially dangerous!!  drichards1953 | 08/30/04
The genie is already out of the bottle  vferrara | 08/31/04
Not a big surprise ...  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
caller id is a paid service  V Sanders | 08/30/04
Great...  KOS-MOS | 08/30/04
now if the government doesn't make this illeagal something is wrong  V Sanders | 08/30/04
How about if the VENDOR doesn't FIX it?  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
I'm not sure there *IS* an acceptable technical fix  Atlant | 08/31/04
And you may indeed be correct ...  George Mitchell | 08/31/04
I got a call from "Microsoft" a while back  cactuswren | 08/30/04
Seriously doubt MS cares about you...  John Zern | 08/31/04
Da*n Straight!!  Jigamafloo | 08/30/04
PABX's have been able to do this forever.  Atlant | 08/31/04
You are correct, but ...  George Mitchell | 08/31/04
Stalkers Rejoice!!!  itanalyst | 08/31/04
Green Light  Roger Ramjet | 09/01/04
"I'm a rep from your credit card company ...  toomuchgreeatea@... | 09/02/04

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