[CS-FSLUG] OT: Another Identity Theft (PHONE) issue to be aware of!!

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 18:34 -0400, Don Parris wrote:
> On 4/19/05, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> > Another Identity Theft (PHONE) issue to be aware of!!
> > 
> > Subject: Scam Alert - Be Aware
> > 
> > Subject: Be Aware - Another Credit Card Scam. Please read this one and
> > disseminate to all your peers and Service Members.
> 
> <SNIP>
> This story has been in circulation since 2003.  The one Fred posted on
> this list is nearly identical to the one on the website.  I found it
> in 2 minutes via Google.  Urban Legends Reference Pages has a similar
> article.  Could I suggest that, prior to posting scam alerts, whoever
> posts the alert check with the well-known scam sites to be sure we're
> not just propagating spam?  It took me only 2 minutes, and thus
> shouldn't have to consume a great deal of time to find out.

Thanks for checking Don. :-) JSR/