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505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Aug 14, 2022, 3:04 PM Roger Critchlow <[email protected]> wrote: > I got a "data security incident notification" in the mail from the > "Professional Finance Company, Inc." of Livonia, Michigan that offered > me an account with "Cyberscout" to monitor my online credit. That sounded > so sketchy, that I ignored it. It turns out to be entirely true, one of > the largest data incidents of the year. Still doesn't validate the > url's that the mail encourages me to use, but that is the real name of a > real medical debt collection agency that really lost millions of client > records. > > -- rec -- > > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 8:49 PM Gillian Densmore <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nick, scan Call your Doctor in the morning to double check. Alas Ma'man. >> Scammers tend to target people about your uh mmpf. Uh 'stage of life'. >> "local health care provider" or any other generic name is instant redflag >> for scam. Just to be sure ping your doctor. >> A data leak wouldn't hit just you. And you'd be reading on the news how >> poodlesec, or Anonymous goatsed some a database. A vague email or call is a >> scam. >> I get a a lot of scam and spam calls, if something sounds like >> Bull(removed at someones request) smells like, etc probably is. Don't over >> thing it and trust your gut. >> I get sus af emails and calls, sometimes claiming to be from tmobile. I >> just check the web or my account or w/e from time to time. >> >> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 8:01 AM glen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> And consider putting a temporary lock on your credit. It should be free >>> with any of the 3 big credit reporting agencies. I used equifax < >>> https://www.equifax.com/personal/products/credit/credit-lock-alert/> >>> when my info was leaked. The lock simply means you (or anyone impersonating >>> you) has to jump through a few more hoops to get a loan or whatever. >>> >>> On 8/12/22 06:53, Steve Smith wrote: >>> > Nick - >>> > >>> > If I understand your story correctly, I would start by verifying the >>> "local health care company". If they are someone you do business with, >>> then you can contact them otherwise through "normal" channels (not >>> website/e-mail) that you already trust (you do business with them >>> already?) It is not good practice for *them* to be directing you to a >>> third-party "monitoring" site in they way they seem to be. If you do NOT >>> do business with them already then it is almost assuredly a phishing >>> attempt. Or maybe more appropriately a "phlushing" attempt... what >>> predators do to try to get prey to panic and expose themselves so they can >>> pounce and/or run you to ground. >>> > >>> > Hope your summer is going well otherwise! >>> > >>> > - Steve >>> > >>> > >>> > On 8/12/22 4:12 AM, David Eric Smith wrote: >>> >> Yes, Nick, >>> >> >>> >> Stay in your cage of distrust. I will be very surprised if you >>> ultimately determine that this _wasn’t_ a scam. Maybe even add a bar or >>> two to your cage walls: I would generally not log into a link received in >>> an email, if there weren’t some way I could initiate the contact with a >>> known company through some website that the various certifiers think is >>> theirs. >>> >> >>> >> Eric >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> On Aug 12, 2022, at 10:24 AM, <[email protected]> < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi, everybody, >>> >>> Sorry for the bother. >>> >>> A local health care company writes me to say they have compromised >>> all my identity data, and offers to pay for “Kroll Monitoring Services”, >>> giving me an ID number with which to log into their site. When I do this, >>> the site fills in my correct address and last name but an incorrect first >>> name, and asks me to enter all my identity data. At this point, I begin to >>> contemplate that the notice itself may be a fraud. I eventually find Kroll >>> on the web, but it wasn’t all that easy. None of the sites that evaluate >>> credit monitoring services has it. 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