It's ID theft season.
A little while back, I received a phone call from my bank - credit card fraud services. They received a report about my card so they wanted to verify recent transactions. But I hadn't used this particular card for over two months. But just to be safe, they verified all my information and said they wold cancel my card and issue a new one.
After I hung up, I thought, Wait, what if that was the fraud? The woman asked for a lot of private information and I just gave it to her. So I phoned the customer service number on the back of my card and verified that my card had been flagged. Now that I have received my new card, I feel better.
Then I received an email from myself! offering to sell me Viagra! C'mon, I am not in that business and I don't need the stuff. How did this email happen, that I am the sender and recipient? Are others receiving emails from me with Viagra offers?
This week, I received an email in my Bell account from Windows Live saying they want to confirm my request for password change to prevent fraud. But I don't have a Windows Live account and I made no such request. When I clicked on the link the email provided to cancel the request, the display looked like a Windows Live window. But when I clicked on the cancel button, I received a "link is no longer valid" message.
I sent Windows Live an email asking them about the email they sent, and to advise that if someone did try to create an account using my Bell email, to not let them. I have yet to hear back.
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The fraudulent e-mails you have been getting are just SPAM. They get hold of your e-mail address and use it to send info to you. If you're part of a domain as I am here at the office, you "appear" to get e-mail from your colleagues and open them up to find that they are selling penis enlargement kits. Just delete those e-mails and ignore them.
While talking to oneself is considered to be a sign of being crazy, emailing oneself is not....unless you respond that is.
Sparky - I thought enlargement was a surgical procedure that involved dexterity, masks, and sharp tools. It now comes in a do-it-yourself kit? How does it work? Can you order one and find out?
Anon - Do we not talk to ourselves all the time to figure things out? Have you ever phoned yourself?
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