> "Oh, it's not a sales call," she said - I hadn't suggested > that it was, at that point. But she was keen to get on with > her script. "It's an administrative call. Your account says > you don't want sales calls, but that means you're missing > lots of great offers, and I'm calling to get you to change > that." So we chatted a bit more, and hung up.
I got one of those. (I don't bank with Barclays though, so I didn't think about talking to them about it.) She went straight to the point, we didn't discuss card details, I declined. In fact, I was mildly amused at the cheek of it. But I agree that the implications are more than uncomfortable. -- David Harley BA CISSP Security Author/Editor/Consultant, Antivirus Researcher Small Blue-Green World [EMAIL PROTECTED] AVIEN Guide to Malware: http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk/pages/avienguide.html New botnet book: http://www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=4270 Security Bibliography: http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk/pages/bibliography.html Articles: http://watersidesyndication.com/inbusiness/; http://dharley.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
