[2960] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Can you say "fraud"? (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (backlash@primenet.com)
Tue Sep 17 15:30:40 1996
From: backlash@primenet.com
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:32:26 -0700 (MST)
To: Mary Irene Wise <auntyem@umich.edu>, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
At 08:44 AM 9/17/96 -0400, Mary Irene Wise wrote:
>This is probably a bit off-topic; if so I apologize.
>
>Can anybody comment on the item forwarded below my sig file? It claims
>there's a database w/ people's credit card no's etc on it and you have to
>give your name and social security number to get off of it. This strikes
>me as being a scam to get your ssn, but this went around at work and
>people are actually calling and giving it out. I know ssn's aren't really
>as secure as they're supposed to be, but still...
>
>So, does anybody know if this database is for real or if it's just a scam?
>
>TIA,
>Mary Wise
Mary
Data base files like this one are around the biggest one has to be
"Information America" it claims to be one of the worlds largest databases.
The sight is online at http://www.iofoam.com/ now they say they are only
for certain type of people but a friend of mine who does nothing more then
write for a survival magazine uses the service all the time.
This service allows so much that I will only list a few of them.
Current Address
Telephone Number
Residence Type
Length of Residence
Gender
Date of Birth
Listing of up to ten neighbors
Names of up to four household members & dates of birth
They will also:
Locate an individual
Trace a person's residential moves.
Conduct background checks
Obtain or verify a Social Security Number.
Determine the owner of a telephone number. (Listed or Unlisted)
Verify an individual's death.
Determine address deliverability
Uncover Petential fraud.
This is just the people finder they also do business.
They charge a some what steaper price from what I am told I think it was $90
a hour or something but a hour you can look up a lot of people.
backlash
