Re: [New post] Scam of the day – October 3, 2015 – 15 million T-Mobile customers in danger of identity theft (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 07:11:37 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: Flora  <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
 >  > Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 22:06:41 -0400
 >  > 
 >  >  Wow!  No  one  is  safe.  They  could  have  skimmed  it  anywhere.  Do  
 >  >  you  have  a  credit
 >  >  freeze?  Will  you  put  one  on?

For credit card theft?  I doubt that that's necessary.

 >  >  Tonight  I  saw  a  presentation.  Frank  Abagnale  spoke  tonight  at  an  
 >  >  AARP  sponsored
 >  >  event.  He's  the  one  who  was  the  subject  of  the  movie  catch  me  
 >  >  if  you  can.  He
 >  >  has  been  working  for  the  FBI  for  40  yrs.  I  think  I'm  doing  a  
 >  >  lot  of  things
 >  >  right,  but  want  everyone  in  my  family  to  take  steps  as  well.  I 
 >  >   spoke  to  him
 >  >  afterwards  and  asked  about  changing  your  name.  Everyone  around  me 
 >  >   laughed.  He
 >  >  said  that  it's  difficult  to  impossible  to  change  your  name,  

It's possible to change your name, but, unfortunately, doesn't really fix
the problem.

 >  >  social  security
 >  >  number,  date  and  place  of  birth.

Yeah.  Static things should never be used for identification.

 >  >  Unfortunately,  the  talk  was  
 >  >  well  over  an  hour
 >  >  away,  but  surprisingly  sat  next  to  someone  I  knew. 
 >  > 
 >  >  Let  me  know  what  happens  in  regards  to  your  credit  card  
 >  >  situation. 
 >  > 
 >  >  Take  care,
 >  >  Flora
 >  > 
 >  >  On  Oct  8,  2015,  at  12:24  PM,  Noelle  <
 >  >  http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 >  >  wrote:
 >  > 
 >  >  >  Oh  joy,  one  of  my  credit  card  companies  called  and  said  
 >  >  >  someone  used  my 
 >  >  >  card  to  buy  Chick-Fila  meal  in  Florida,  and  $50  worth  of  
 >  >  >  beauty  supplies 
 >  >  >  this  morning  and  something  else  I  couldn't  understand  because  
 >  >  >  of  his 
 >  >  >  Filipino  accent.
 >  >  >  I  wonder  where  they  got  my  card  number?
 >  >  >  Noelle
 >  >  > 
 >  >  >  On  Fri,  2  Oct  2015,  Flora    wrote:
 >  >  >>  This  confirms  the  reason  not  to  trust  the  three  credit  
 >  >  >>  reporting  agencies.