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[hyuga]

Dear Bank of America,

I find it ironic that, in the process of calling me (unsolicited) to sell me your identity security services, you would ask me various personal questions, despite the fact that I did not call you and I have no way of confirming your identity. Way to go

Comments

[didjiman]

Well, how do you know that it REALLY is from BoA?

[hyuga]

That's the point. I guess I should say "Dear Bank of America or Scammer".

I'm pretty sure it is them--they've been trying to sell me on this forever, and I'm not really that paranoid. But that's exactly why such a scam could work really well.

I'm not going to be sold on their security services if their sales pitch sounds and feels exactly like a phishing scam.

[drakonlily]

BOA Constrictors. :/ what a bunch of twits.

[lucky_otter]

They called me about that. I complained about it via the web interface, which I *am* confident is BofA, and they said they'd stop calling me. That wasn't really the point of my complaint - the point was that they were undermining security by making those calls - but at least they don't call me anymore.