Unless I initiated the call myself to a known reputable company to make a purchase, I would not be giving out my credit card number and other personal information to someone who 'just happened to call'.
I'm not saying it's the case with this, because I just don't know, but I do know people have no end of ideas how to get their hands on people's personal information. Good idea; check with Legacy. If it's not them, someone is pretending to be. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 8/22/2012 2:36 PM, Lavern Hall wrote: > Hi Kathy, > When I first subscribed to GenealogyBank, I received a couple of phone > calls from them. The nature of their calls were to ask how I liked the > program and how they could be of help. > I have never received a call like the one you described from Legacy. > Unless Legacy Family Tree is having some sort of a marketing campaign, > it makes me wonder who actually called you. If you haven't done so > already, it might be a good idea to contact Legacy. > Best, > Lavern Hall > Aurora, Ohio, USA > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:40 PM, JLB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Gee, it sounds like it could have been anyone. Not Legacy and not > GenealogyBank. It seems like a weird thing for Legacy to be doing. > > Perhaps an enterprising marketer? All they would need is your credit > card number to make a purchase through their affiliate account. > > Then, on the other hand, maybe it was an enterprising marketer who just > wanted your credit card number and all your other personal information > so they could go shopping elsewhere. > --- > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > > On 8/22/2012 1:26 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: > > Just got a call and they identified themselves as calling from Legacy > > Family Tree and first thing wanted to know if I'd upgraded to version > > 7.5 and I said that upgrade happened a really long time ago. He > wasn't > > talking about any of the version upgrades since then. He > proceeded to > > ask about GenealogyBank and if I'd tried that and that as a Legacy > > Family Tree user, I could get a discount. He even ended the call > saying > > something like thank you for using Legacy Family Tree. > > Just want to know if that was really LFT calling or if Genealogy > Bank is > > being a bit misleading there. Didn't bother me; I know all about > > GenealogyBank and that Legacy is associated with them somewhat, gives > > discounts etc. and maybe a lot of people wouldn't be aware. 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