Letter about possible I.D. theft??? - Page 3

jeff329 · #21 07-17-2007, 12:40 PM

so you are saying millions of people just had their identity compromised with bank details, etc and yet no one is talking about it? Show some sort of proof this happened and that you didn't just get some chain mail sky is falling crap.

xxGreat1xx · #22 07-17-2007, 12:46 PM

jeff you are a moron. Not sure it was millions, but call your bank and 100 bucks says they have had thousands of their customers have the same thing happen. Ask them about the Certegy incident. I bank with Arvest and they said that 6000 of their customers have had to change their bank accounts. lol, do you really think i would make this up?

Harley · #23 07-17-2007, 01:03 PM

The press release:
http://www.certegy.com/FISPressRelease7-3.pdf

jeff329 · #24 07-17-2007, 01:14 PM

that press release seems to indicate that people are not at risk of anything serious beyond getting ad solicitations. Any reason to believe actually serious consequences could arise?

jeff329 · #25 07-17-2007, 01:14 PM

Who is the letter from btw?

jeff329 · #26 07-17-2007, 05:30 PM

if this is true it would be a HUGE topic here on 2+2...i mean if it was a real concern anyway...?

ILuvRiver · #27 08-10-2007, 05:17 AM

Thought it was worth bumping this one.

To clarify an earlier point. The information was NOT sold by Certegy (apparently) OR any other Pokersite etc. It was STOLEN from Certegy by an employee who then sold it on to diect marketing companies.

I play at a few different sites, so emailed them all the same question, received a reply from Stars first (which I will be happy to post if anyone wants to see it for some reason) basically stating that this processor is not and never has been associated with them in any way.

Not even sure if it is a real concern as Certegy say they are not aware of the information being used for fraudulent purposes, but do I really want to trust what they say? They did let some bastard walk off with my card details.

Spaggy · #28 08-10-2007, 02:19 PM

I got this letter earlier this week. It doesn't specify who was responsible for the information leak, other than a company that has to deal with "internet gaming."

I had the same thing happen with one of my employers, and nothing ever happened because of it, so I'm not too worried.

But yes, this is real and they did send these out.