[LINK] speaking of do not call registers...

[Adam Todd]

At 20:38 17/01/2008, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>Robin Whittle, this one is for you.
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI&feature=related
>
>Be sure you're in a place you can have audio up and be laughing 
>yourself silly.

Speaking of which.

We've started getting all thes "withheld" number calls askig us for 
persinal information.

When we ask for the details of the caller, they say that the Privacy 
Act prevents them giving any details.

So we've started a campaign.

Who knows who's a scammer anyway, so when someone calls and wants to 
know anything we ask for their name, date of birth, address (street 
only) and telephone and mobile numbers.  IF they refuse to give it we 
say that under the privacy act we can't give them any personal 
details because they haven't identified themselves.


This has had spectacular result so far.

Please consider using it yourself.  You will NEVER know if a Nigerian 
Scammer is on the phone asking for your personal details so they can 
raid your account and with "telephone verification" being legally 
accepted, it's not hard to cut and paste or even accurately record 
YOUR voice in response to a scripted set of questions asked by your 
bank's Telephone banking people.

Hollywood's coolest example of recording a voice and pasting it 
together word by word is in the movie SNEAKERS.

So please don't give your personal information to someone who calls 
you on your private number simply because YOU think they are legitimate.