Date: Wed, 05 Feb 97 13:14:00 PST
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Michael Jarvis <mikej@printrak.com>
Subject: FW: This is really going on, even in O.C.
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>From: Wilson Branden
To: mikej; April Wilson/Wonderware; mwagner; Schiller Dawn
Subject: FW: This is really going on, even in O.C.
Date: Wednesday, February 05, 1997 11:00AM
Priority: High
Subject: This is really going on, even in O.C.
>Be aware.....
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>There is a big scam going on where a person calls and says >that they
are doing a computer survey from a company. The >company name that
they give is usually a big well-known >software company, and they
usually say that they are doing >the survey because they want to give
out free software. They >want to know what would be a good time for
someone to
>come from their company and install the software on your
>PC at your home. They also ask questions about income, etc. >>
>During their questioning, they find out what time you're >usually
home, what kind of computer equipment you have and >all sorts of other
valuable information. At a company where a >friend of mine works, a
co-worker of his received one of >these calls, and he was robbed the
very next day (of course, >when he was not home).
>>
>I received a similar call yesterday afternoon. Fortunately, I >knew
about this ahead of time, and we didn't provide them with >any
information.
>>
>I want to make you all aware of the situation and the >potential
danger involved in giving out any information like >this over the
phone. The people sound very genuine, and >very few people are going
to question receiving free >software. I would advise you, however, to
tell the people >that if they have your phone number, they should have
your >address (we think they're getting it off the internet), and
>they can mail you any free software they might be offering. >You may
even want to tell them you don't have a home >computer. Whatever
you're comfortable with. Please don't >give out any information that
you may regret later. Pass >this information along to friends and
family members, as >well. The fewer people they are able to scam, the
better.
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