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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: Ross Overcash <jroverca@tiac.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 21:28:07 -0400 (EDT)
Thanks for the info!!

I just called and guess what?  you can only remove your name by faxing or
mailing to them now!!!!!


At 07:48 PM 9/17/96 -0500, you 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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