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Re: warning against possible credit card fraud

To: Gen <glcory@artsci.wustl.edu>
Subject: Re: warning against possible credit card fraud
From: Dwade Clay Reinsch <dreinsch@tenet.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 05:11:39 -0500 (CDT)
QUESTION:  Is *everyone* on this database or only people who had bought, 
test driven, looked at, answered an ad, etc., for LEXIUS?

Dwade

On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Gen wrote:

> This is for real, I just called.
> Genevieve Cory
> '71 MGBGT
> 
> <forwarded>
> It just so happens that last night, DATELINE did an investigative report
> on how  credit card fraud through identity fraud has become a rampant and
> effective crime  which proves to be a financially destructive and
> bureaucratic nightmare  which  holds its victims hostage for years to
> come....
> 
>  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. 
>  
>  You can have your name and information removed from this list by making
> a  telephone request. Call (800) 543-6862, select option4 and then option
> 3  ("all other questions") and tell the representative answering that you
> wish  to remove your name from this P-trax database. You may also send a
> fax  to 1930  (513) 865-7360, (when I called today after business hours,
> the number was (513) 865-1930) or physical mail to LEXIS-NEXIS / P.O. Box
> 933 / Dayton,  Ohio 45401-0933. Sending physical mail to confirm your name
> has been  removed is always a good idea.  
> 
>  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 person 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.  
> 
>  I called this morning and had my name removed. The representative will
> need  your name and social security number to remove you from the list. 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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