Forwarded Warning Message

Judy Diamondstone (diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu)
Thu, 12 Sep 1996 08:17:50 -0400

>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 10:46:43 +0900
>Reply-To: Language Use Discussion <LANG-USE who-is-at VM.TEMPLE.EDU>
>Sender: Language Use Discussion <LANG-USE who-is-at VM.TEMPLE.EDU>
>From: James Swan <swan who-is-at DAIBUTSU.NARA-U.AC.JP>
>Subject: Forward Warning Message
>Comments: To: inkies-l who-is-at ebbs.english.vt.edu, jaltcall@clc.hyper.chubu.ac.jp,
> mu6grr8 who-is-at aol.com, 103076.1205@compuserve.com,
> pamswan who-is-at uclink4.berkeley.edu, fwcjapan@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp
>To: Multiple recipients of list LANG-USE <LANG-USE who-is-at VM.TEMPLE.EDU>
>
>Hello, folks,
>
>I have just received this warning through sources at the University of
>Hawaii. Following the suggestion at the end of the letter, I am passing it
>on to everybody I know. Well, not literally everybody, of course . . . .
> Apologies to any of you who might have seen this before, but I think most
>people would like to know about this. It's the "mother's maiden name" bit
>that is the most worrisome.
>
>Out for now.
>
>Jim
>
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:14:57 -1000
>From: Michael Sysiuk <sysiuk who-is-at hawaii.edu>
>Reply-To: UH Department of Political Science List
> <POLISCI who-is-at uhccvm.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
>To: Multiple recipients of list POLISCI <POLISCI who-is-at uhccvm.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
>Subject: Personal Information on Lexis (fwd)
>
>For those of you who don't know, Lexis Nexis is a huge company that owns a
>computer data bank used mostly by laywers to find out incrediably private
>information. While they offer other services, their access to personal
>files is striking. Read below for more info.
>
>Mike
>
>>>
>>>______________
>>>
>>>
>>>Your name, social security number, current address, previous
>>>addresses, mother's maiden name, birth date and other personal
>>>information are now available to anyone with a credit card through a
>>>new Lexis database called P-Trax. As I am sure you are aware, this
>>>information could be used to commit credit card fraud or otherwise allow
>>>someone else to use your identity.
>>>
>>>You can have your name and information removed from this list by
>>>making a telephone request. Call (800)543-6862, select option 4 and
>>>then option 3 ("all other questions") and tell the representative
>>>answering
>>>that you wish to remove your name from the P-trax database. You may
>>>also send a fax to (513) 865-7360, or physical mail to LEXIS-NEXIS / P.O.
>>>Box 933 / Dayton, Ohio 45401-0933. Sending physical mail to confirm
>>>your name has been removed is always a good idea.
>>>
>>>As word of the existence of this database has spread on the net,
>>>Lexis-Nexis has been inundated with calls, and has set up a special set
>>>of operators to handle the volume. In addition, Andrew Bleh (rhymes
>>>with "Play") is a manager responsible for this product, and is the person
>>>to whom complaints about the service could be directed. He can be
>>>reached at the above 800 number. Ask for extension 3385. According
>>>to Lexis, the manager responsible is Bill Fister at extension 1364.
>>>
>>>I called this morning and had my name removed. The representative will
>>>need your name and social security number to remove you from the list. I
>>>suggest that we inundate these people with requests to remove our info
>>>from the list and forward this e-mail to everyone we know.
>
>


Judy Diamondstone
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Graduate School of Education
]10 Seminary Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08903