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From: herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Caller ID problems
Message-ID: <4091.27f8c8bb@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 2 Apr 91 23:08:58 GMT
References: <13801@asylum.SF.CA.US> <1991Mar29.154847.16915@engin.umich.edu> <1991Mar29.195940.12006@eng.umd.edu> <1991Mar30.194145.4202@netcom.COM> <1991Mar31.180911.15863@alphalpha.com>
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In article <1991Mar31.180911.15863@alphalpha.com>, nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes:
>  I called MacConnection the other day, told them
> what I wanted to order and then waited for them to ask me for my account
> number, name, address....  Instead they asked me if I wanted to use
> my USAA credit card.  I just about died.  It's a very strange feeling
> to have a total stranger start telling you stuff about yourself.
> 
The next time you call MacConnection, call from the phone of another 
Mac owner and just correct the shipping address.

This is a real risk associated with STUPID use of callerid by
a merchant.

dan herrick
herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com