JL, I entirely agree. I have never, nor will I ever, give *any* personal information to an unsolicited phone call unless, they are calling from a number in my telephone address book and I know the name of the person calling. High on this list of personal details is bank account information.
Incidentally, my land-line phone shows the caller number (and name if in the address book) - called "Caller Display" in the UK, so if the number is withheld, or a special number eg. free phone or local pricing then I will not normally answer as I assume the caller will either be wanting to sell something or are conducting an intrusive survey! If they really do wish to talk to me they can leave a message on my answerphone - 99% of the time they do not. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: JLB Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 11:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] GenealogyBank 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. I'm > all for > > advertising your business; just hoping it was LFT making the > call... > > Kathy > > > > -- > > Kathy Meyer > > Personal Publishing Consultant > > Phone: 801-921-9644 <tel:801-921-9644> > > www.heritagemakers.com/ourlegacycreations > <http://www.heritagemakers.com/ourlegacycreations> > > <http://www.heritagemakers.com/ourlegacycreations> > > Preserve your heritage by digitizing your photos & slides and > sharing > > them with family. > > TODAY is the very best day to do genealogy! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
