Giving Too Much Credit Where. . .
Despite being on the no-call list, a surprising number
of telemarketers call.
A couple recent examples:
“This is Card Services, and if you carry a balance
on Mastercard or Visa, we can lower your interest
rate to zero to five percent. With no charge to
you whatsoever.”
When I suspiciously asked: Exactly who am I
speaking to — the phone went dead.
This just rang in on my cell phone from Arizona,
well-known bastion of seagoing adventures.
“Congratulations! You have won a free cruise to the
Caribbean! Simply answer three easy questions –”
You bet. Easy to click off, because (perhaps unkindly) I
thought the third question was going to be: And now, for
that grand prize trip to St. Maarten, what is your
Social Security number?
Does this stuff really work? Do people really give
out account numbers and PIN numbers and other unique
information to a stranger gifted with an excited,
delighted, energetic presentation worthy of a day-time
game show announcer?
Apparently so, or the calls wouldn’t continue.
Would they?
WTF is that?
Tags: It’s not paranoia if they are really
out to get you.
Never over-estimate the public’s intelligence.
Never under-estimate the savvy of fraudsters. (They
all coulda been PhD’s in psychology.)
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