Re: Identity Theft
On 2021-12-21, rhkramer@gmail.com <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I called a major international financial institution the other day with
>> a telephone number memorized by my cell phone that I've used conceivably
>> a hundred times previously over the years (I telephone monthly). I call
>> a specific department in offices located on the East Coast of the United
>> States. When the other end picked up, I heard a recorded message that
>> gave me the impression that the Bristol Furniture Company might have
>> moved in (a female voice spoke in a distinctly English accent about
>> something unrelated to anything). I was so surprised I forgot exactly
>> what she said. At any rate, it was neither my financial institutional
>> nor the phone company. I found an 877 number on the WWW and finally
>> reached my party (internal transfers still worked to this specific
>> line). I asked the employee over the phone what was up; he told me they
>> were aware of the issue and having "trouble with their phones."
>
> Ahh, thank you -- maybe some confirmation that I'm not crazy. ;-)
>
> What kind of phone did you use to make the call -- I mean cell phone, POTS,
> VOIP phone, or maybe something else?
>
It was my cell phone, and after your OP I thought to myself: if a human
being had picked up the other day and told me, as an exceptional
security measure to protect my account, to give him my full SSN number
rather than the usual last four digits, I very well might've done that.
Anyway, I was sorry to hear about your worries and wish you happy
holidays.
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