MSE News: Got an Equifax letter saying you were hacked? The helpline's struggling...

Mr_Costcutter wrote: »

Today I've received an email from Amazon, which reads as follows :

Starting this month Amazon online is no longer keeping personal data on his server more than six months. For this the account must be validated and payment methods verified every six months. Every account that is not verified in this period will be suspended in 48 hours from this email was send.

I suspect this email isn't genuine and haven't proceeded to validate my account. Has anyone else received one?

That's about as fake as it gets! I think you already know that, though.

Mr_Costcutter wrote: »

Today I've received an email from Amazon, which reads as follows :

Starting this month Amazon online is no longer keeping personal data on his server more than six months.

Amazon is male? :rotfl:

meer53 wrote: »

Dealing with fraud is part of my job, i understand exactly how some people can be affected, i deal with it every day, so i really don't underestimate the effects it can have.

I just feel, and yes, it's just my opinion, that some people worry way too much about stuff that may never happen.

Yes, some people do worry but who can blame them? This sort of thing pops up out of the blue - I got my letter today - just a "sorry, somebody's accessed your data" but don't worry just speak to somebody the other side of the world, who barely speak English who are just following a script, give them a load more private information and all will be well.

You'll forgive me if I do worry - the people who have allowed this to happen need to be held to account - named and shamed, and never be allowed to work in the financial sector again.

You are just telling folk to deal with problems if they crop up - why not give them proper advice on how to stop the problems in the first place?

LadyDee wrote: »

Yes, some people do worry but who can blame them? This sort of thing pops up out of the blue - I got my letter today - just a "sorry, somebody's accessed your data" but don't worry just speak to somebody the other side of the world, who barely speak English who are just following a script, give them a load more private information and all will be well.

You'll forgive me if I do worry - the people who have allowed this to happen need to be held to account - named and shamed, and never be allowed to work in the financial sector again.

You are just telling folk to deal with problems if they crop up - why not give them proper advice on how to stop the problems in the first place?

The details of debit/credit cards and accounts etc are going to be stored somewhere, banks and retailers are always going to be at risk of this information being hacked or stolen. To think that there could be a time when this would never happen again is naive really.

If the people involved are named and shamed and never allowed to work in the financial sector again, there are thousands of dishonest others waiting to take their place, Sad, but a fact of life.

People need to become more savvy about what they do with their information, check who they are giving their info to BEFORE signing up. This forum has numerous threads from posters who do precisely the opposite then shout "SCAM"

Stopping the problem completely in this day and age is never going to happen. As i said before, i'm the sort of person who doesn't worry about things before they happen, I appreciate not everyone is the same.

I think it's quite shocking that Equifax are still in the process of sending these letters out! This fiasco happened last May and those affected should have been informed promptly!