Re: "Things I despise about living in the now. A data broker I'd…"

In: u/darkghost

Oh that's not cool, Denmark. Be better!

👻 darkghost [OP]

2024-12-31 · 1 year ago

6 Later Comments ↓

🚀 stack · 2024-12-31 at 20:18:

Sounds like a fishing expedition. I wouldn't give them any extra data or even confirm they have the right person.

🎵 random-elephant · 2025-01-01 at 00:09:

Sounds like phishing to me !

👻 darkghost [OP] · 2025-01-01 at 00:40:

I verified the company exists and grabbed a phone number off of their web presence as opposed to calling the number in the letter. If it's phishing it's "official" phishing. But I'm starting to feel like a company larger than 25 people is indistinguishable from organized crime.

💎 safiire · 2025-01-02 at 01:07:

I wouldn't interact with any company or service I didn't initiate contact with

🦋 CarloMonte · 2025-01-03 at 18:10:

what about asking them for a dump of all your personal data (easy to obtain if in the EU)? find their address yourself; don't use any information from the suspect e-mail.

👻 darkghost [OP] · 2025-01-03 at 20:22:

Oh this was a physical mailing.

👻 darkghost

Things I despise about living in the now. A data broker I'd never heard of mailed me (slightly wrong address but it somehow made it.) Apparently someone tried to change information about me and it failed due to an inability to verify my identity. It leads me to so many questions: Who are these guys? They're not a credit bureau. Why do I have a customer ID at a business I have never done business with? Who tried to change my info? What consequences would this have? Is this a ruse to squeeze more...

💬 7 comments · 1 like · 2024-12-31 · 1 year ago