Re: ectf-tcall ectf-tc credit card fraud

[Richard Fung <rfung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This Lexis-Nexis stuff is a BIG FRuad AS WELL!!!!




At 04:28 PM 9/25/96 +0100, you wrote:
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>     ALERT !!    ALERT !!   ALERT !!
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>Please read below and act.....it might stop some fraud.
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>Your name, social security number, current address, previous 
>addresses, mother's maiden name, birth date and other personal 
>information are now available to anyone with a credit card through a 
>new Lexis database called P-Trax.  As I am sure you are aware, this
>information could be used to commit credit card fraud or otherwise allow 
>someone else to use your identity.
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>You can have your name and information removed from this list by 
>making a telephone request.  Call (800)543-6862, select option 4 and 
>then option 3 ("all other questions") and tell the representative 
>answering
>that you wish to remove your name from the P-trax database.  You may 
>also send a fax to (513) 865-7360 or (513) 865-1930, or physical mail to
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> LEXIS-NEXIS 
> P.O. Box 933 
> Dayton, Ohio 45401-0933
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>Sending physical mail to confirm your name has been removed is always a 
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>As word of the existence of this database has spread on the net, 
>Lexis-Nexis has been inundated with calls, and has set up a special set 
>of operators to handle the volume.  In addition, Andrew Bleh (rhymes 
>with "Play") is a manager responsible for this product, and is the 
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>to whom complaints about the service could be directed.  He can be 
>reached at the above 800 number.  Ask for extension 3385.  According 
>to Lexis, the manager responsible is Bill Fister at extension 1364.
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>I suggest that we inundate these people with requests to remove our info 
>from the list and forward this e-mail to everyone we know.
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Richard Fung
Planning, Evaluation & Information Systems
University of California, Berkeley
207 University Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 642-1198


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