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Another missed red flag is when the scammer told him his last four of SSN. No legitimate company who has your DOB or SSN will ever tell you it over the phone. I
by stevebmark 7y ago
Another missed red flag is when the scammer told him his last four of SSN. No legitimate company who has your DOB or SSN will ever tell you it over the phone. I'm pretty sure that's a violation of compliance laws. Agents are trained to ask, not tell.
- mannykannot 7y agoGiving it to some random caller does not make me any more secure - so it would seem that the rational approach is to distrust any incoming call that mentions the issue, as it does not belong in any security challenge.
- mannykannot 7y agoTo correct my own claim, it seems reasonable to give this information if you are confident you have contacted a trusted entity, so that it can do its verification.
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- wwwwewwww 7y agoYou're overestimating the legitimate companies' employees security acumen. They do it all the time. Sometimes when a legitimate company asks me to verify something, they do it by telling to me. As in, "I need to verify your date if birth. Is it xx/yy/zzzz"?
- chrisseaton 7y agoYour DOB and SSN shouldn’t need to be private information! The first is a matter of public record and the second is an identifier not a security token.