Reply #16: Good point... now for a good response. [View All]

[Deja Q]

I get mailings from them.

To be called one day by them saying I owed them money was a surprise.

And, in 2004 standards, it is far more profitable to use e-mail -- not voice conversation - as a means to rip people off.

Unless, of course, someone stole PFAW's data records... in which case they should stop giving their CEO all that money and put it into their infrastructure. I keep a private life and rarely give my name, never mind my address, phone number, or anything else out to anybody. I've often whined about the downside. The good side is, I don't get much in the way of unsolicited calls... :D

Now I suppose it's possible that a person would go so far to call random people from stolen information, complete with getting accomplices and providing any number of fine details in order to extract money from me. But, really, in this day and age? And even in 2004? And how most phishers call using the name of any old organization, the actual chances of that person being a phisher is low. Possible, but not likely.