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Originally Posted by booklover6
Why wouldn't the person at least open the box? Is this story even true?
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Looks like it is.
The Smoking Gun (where the story was first made public) have a copy of the police report on their site.
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Originally Posted by carld
A guy I worked with got a call from his "bank" with a problem. They needed to verify all his account info, which he happily did over the phone. When his wife told be about it I was shocked  . She called the bank and managed to keep their accounts from being drained. |
Which is why most banks (at least over here) periodically send account holders an email reminding them that no authentic bank employee will ever call to 'confirm' information over the phone, and certainly never by email.