Steven Kurylo wrote:
>> I get a phone call from Stats
>> Can and (I'm skipping the "being obnoxious about the verification
>> questions" bit)
>
>
> Did you ask them how you could be sure they were actually stats can?
>
Yes. Okay... here's the long version.
I refused to answer their questions to "confirm to whom they were
speaking." I said "you called me. I don't know who you are. You could
be someone trying to steal my identity." She answered "I'm Michelle
from Stats Canada..." I said "I could phone you up, claim I'm from
stats can, ask you a bunch of questions and steal your identity." She:
"Okay, I can give you a reference number and you can call back" Me: "I
already have the phone number and reference number on my voicemail."
(Can you tell it wasn't really a great time for this?) She: "Well...
uhhh... you indicated on your census that there was someone you weren't
sure if you should include..." Me: (figuring they had sufficiently
identified themselves now) "That would be my daughter..."
I really hope that was merely a call-center staff, not someone who has
to actually do stuff with our data.
ttyl
srw
Received on Tue May 23 22:54:51 2006
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