-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fake Gmail notice

You're absolutely right.  I should have stressed the point that I was 
talking only about the business contacting the user and not the other way 
around.

Peace,
Gman
http://www.bornagainamerican.org

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keyboard Cowboy" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:55 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fake Gmail notice


> Ummmmmmmmm.......
> I have been asked by my ISP for my password to an email account when they 
> were
> troubleshooting a problem and wanted to look at my account.   Additionally 
> I
> have been asked by my bank to provide such information.  I would add to 
> your
> very good suggestion and say:
>
> No entity that already has your username/password (& PIN number,
> if applicable) will EVER contact you and ask you to reveal those things 
> over the
> phone, in an email or by any other method.   You may have to provide that
> information if you call them and ask for help, but you know it's 
> legitimate as
> you initiated the call.  If you receive an email or message asking you to 
> call a
> company and they provide a number.......DO NOT call the number provided 
> unless
> you verify that the number is correct (look it up, don't assume it's 
> correct).
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy"
>            ,,,,,,,,
>           Õ¿Õ¬
> -----------<========<<0++0>>========>-----------
>                 Cincinnati, OH -- Scottsdale, AZ
>                          NRA Life Member
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> If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better 
> than
> another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to look the devil 
> in the
> face and tell him he is a devil.
>
> -- James A. Garfield 

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