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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 10/24/2006 : 08:55:25
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phone you up, ask for some confirming details (like your address) then ask you for your account password to confirm who you are?? FFS, they could be anyone, yet they propagate the idea that it's ok to give out sensitive data over the phone to someone who phones you up.
Then they are utterly confused when you refuse to give them said data.
F*cking morons.
(I feel better now)
What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 10/24/2006 : 10:49:20
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well, maybe they weren't the real company? most wouldn't ask for that kind of thing... i know a lot of online things make a point of that.
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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2543 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2006 : 11:08:49
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Well, there is that, but it's happened before from legitimate companies (the AA and Royal Bank of Scotland to name two). And we just bought something from this particular company.
If it was genuine (and they didn't hide their number, which, when I called it back just now was a recorded message) then it's terrible and they should change their policy. I might follow it up.
Anyone here work in a call centre who does this kind of thing, or who will happily give over personal data to people who phone them?
What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 10/24/2006 : 11:25:49
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I get to be wilfully obstinate in not handing over people's personal data sometimes. I enjoy that. You wouldn't believe the number of people who don't understand the basic principles of data protection.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/24/2006 : 11:33:16
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An employee sent us a photocopy of his credit card the other day. We had some fun with that.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Superabounder
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 10/24/2006 : 19:47:50
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I bet it would amaze us the number of people who would give out their personal information when caught a little bit off guard by a call. Even in this day and age.
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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/25/2006 : 04:27:06
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It appears my call was genuine. So, SKY Tv, you are a shower of useless, scam encouraging idiots.(apart from the nice woman I spoke to this morning)
What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/25/2006 : 05:30:04
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quote:
Originally posted by Llamadance
It appears my call was genuine. So, SKY Tv, you are a shower of useless, scam encouraging idiots.(apart from the nice woman I spoke to this morning)
What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sexist.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Aaarggh, why on earth do companies...
