nycitaliano9
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I see people enjoy filling out surveys, but be careful...
PARANOID/READ ALL OF THIS
Body: Date: Jun 14, 2006 2:38 PM
Subject: Paranoid
Body: read the entire thing and think before giving out any info even if it seems like a "harmless" survey.
Take a minute and think before you post. Read this and pass it on to people you care about, especially your kids.
Take a look at this innocent fun looking post (more details following below):
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1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME:
(middle name and current street name)
2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME:
(grandfather/grandmother on your mom's side, your favorite candy)
3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME:
(first initial of first name, first two or three letters of your last name)
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME:
(favorite color, favorite animal)
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME:
(middle name, city where you were born)
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME:
(first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters of mother's maiden name)
7. JEDI NAME:
(middle name spelled backwards)
8. PORN STAR NAME:
(first pet, street you grew up on)
9. SUPERHERO NAME:
("The", your favorite color, the automobile your dad has)
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Looks harmless right? Wrong. With this information an identity theif has everything he/she needs to rob you blind.
How you ask?
OK, you gave them the letter your first name starts with, and chances are your first name is somewhere on your profile. Next you gave the first 2 or 3 letters of your last name. You gave your complete middle name. Your mom's maiden name. The street you live on, your profile has your city you live in and you told them where you were born.
Now, the theif goes to whitepages.com or some similar site and selects reverse address lookup and just puts in the street and city - no street number required. The search results have every house on the street. All they have to do is page through the results until they find the ones that match what you have given them of your first middle and last names. Now they know who you are and where you live.
Next they go to ussearch.com or intellius.com and plug in your name. For around $20-25 they can find out your criminal background right down to traffic tickets all the way back into the 80s. For $60-80 they can find out who your relatives are and your birthday and a lot of other personal information.
So they have your name, where you live, and your birthday. What do they do now? They go to the County Clerks office and for $15-25 get a copy of your birth certificate.
Total time, 1 to 3 hours including driving to the county records building and waiting in line.
So now they have your birth certificate, now they go to the social security office and guess what, now they have your social security number.
Next is drivers licensse and credit cards, possibly even bank accounts if they come by on the right day and raid your mailbox and wow, yep, now they are you.
In three days of you posting this bulletin you could be totally wiped out financially .
So think before you post. Please pass this on to people who are your true friends
PARANOID/READ ALL OF THIS
Body: Date: Jun 14, 2006 2:38 PM
Subject: Paranoid
Body: read the entire thing and think before giving out any info even if it seems like a "harmless" survey.
Take a minute and think before you post. Read this and pass it on to people you care about, especially your kids.
Take a look at this innocent fun looking post (more details following below):
~~~~~~~~~~~
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME:
(middle name and current street name)
2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME:
(grandfather/grandmother on your mom's side, your favorite candy)
3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME:
(first initial of first name, first two or three letters of your last name)
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME:
(favorite color, favorite animal)
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME:
(middle name, city where you were born)
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME:
(first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters of mother's maiden name)
7. JEDI NAME:
(middle name spelled backwards)
8. PORN STAR NAME:
(first pet, street you grew up on)
9. SUPERHERO NAME:
("The", your favorite color, the automobile your dad has)
~~~~~~~~~~~
Looks harmless right? Wrong. With this information an identity theif has everything he/she needs to rob you blind.
How you ask?
OK, you gave them the letter your first name starts with, and chances are your first name is somewhere on your profile. Next you gave the first 2 or 3 letters of your last name. You gave your complete middle name. Your mom's maiden name. The street you live on, your profile has your city you live in and you told them where you were born.
Now, the theif goes to whitepages.com or some similar site and selects reverse address lookup and just puts in the street and city - no street number required. The search results have every house on the street. All they have to do is page through the results until they find the ones that match what you have given them of your first middle and last names. Now they know who you are and where you live.
Next they go to ussearch.com or intellius.com and plug in your name. For around $20-25 they can find out your criminal background right down to traffic tickets all the way back into the 80s. For $60-80 they can find out who your relatives are and your birthday and a lot of other personal information.
So they have your name, where you live, and your birthday. What do they do now? They go to the County Clerks office and for $15-25 get a copy of your birth certificate.
Total time, 1 to 3 hours including driving to the county records building and waiting in line.
So now they have your birth certificate, now they go to the social security office and guess what, now they have your social security number.
Next is drivers licensse and credit cards, possibly even bank accounts if they come by on the right day and raid your mailbox and wow, yep, now they are you.
In three days of you posting this bulletin you could be totally wiped out financially .
So think before you post. Please pass this on to people who are your true friends
