Dude, you're getting your identity stolen. On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote:
> Have a Dell? Be wary of unsolicited calls > > Dell Customer Database Is in the Hands of Scammers > <http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2016/01/04/dell-computers-has-been-hacked/> > > 10 Zen Monkeys: > > Scammers pretending to be from Dell computers phoned me in November — but > these scammers *knew* things about me. They identified the model number > for *both* my Dell computers, and knew every problem that I’d ever called > Dell about. None of this information was ever posted online, so it’s not > available anywhere except Dell’s own customer service records. (Even my > e-mail account is secured with “two-step verification”…) > > I called the (real) Dell, and spoke to a customer support representative > named Mark, who tried to explain how the scammers knew my account history. > > “Dell has detected hackers,” he said. “They’re hacking our web site.” > > Weird. > ★ <http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/01/05/dell-zen-monkeys> > > > Source: > http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2016/01/04/dell-computers-has-been-hacked/ > > (via Mr. Reader <http://www.curioustimes.de/mrreader>) > > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
