* Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <edua...@kalinowski.com.br> [2008 Dec 20 05:06 -0600]: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > An automated voice told me that my (non-existant, of course) > > Jefferson Parish[0] Credit Union Visa card has been blocked. > > > > I immediately hung up on it, of course, and am slightly unnerved > > that "they" are now calling people at home with personalized scams.
If the media is to be believed, this has happened for years with the elderly being targeted for Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid/etc. scams and a lot of folks being bilked out of large sums of money. With phone directory information online from several sources getting one's name and phone number are trivial exercises. > > [0] Which is the county I live in Without that explanation, which I knew already, could we safely assume you live in a church, Ron? ;-) - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
