From: billy@anon.com 
  
 "billy bookcase"  wrote in message news:10a381d$ 
 lle$1@dont-email.me... 
 > 
 > "John Levine"  wrote in message news:10a24qt$ 
 nnu$1@gal.iecc.com... 
 >> According to Roland Perry  : 
 >>>>which of these addresses have you lived at at some point in the past 50 
 >>>>years ... 
 >> 
 >> True story: I live in the US, but I used to have an EE SIM that I used 
 when 
 I 
 >> was in the UK. On one trip I arrived, tried to top up using their web 
 site, 
 >> didn't work, oh well, I'll sort it out later. On the train to Cambridge 
 the 
 >> phone rang with a call from an Irish number. "Hello", said an Irish voice, 
 "this 
 >> is EE and we need to verify that it's you who tried to do the top-up with 
 some 
 >> verification questions." 
 >> 
 >> "OK, but I live in the U.S." 
 >> 
 >> "That's not a problem." 
 >> 
 >> We ran through a few questions, with the final one being: 
 >> 
 >> "In which U.S. state did you live in 1964?" 
 >> 
 >> "In *1964*?!?!? " 
 >> 
 >> "Oh, if you don't remember, we can try something else." 
 >> 
 >> "Of course I remember, I was ten years old." 
 >> 
 >> So I correctly identified the state and my top-up went through. 
 >> 
 >> How in the world did they know where I lived in 1964? 
 > 
 > They didn't. 
 > 
 > However if they ever call you again, or you call them, they'll expect 
 > you to give the same answer 
  
 Or if they've already called a scammer who is pretending to be you, then 
 you're really in the sh*t. To use the technical term 
  
 This chap, a special needs teacher was the victim of identity theft; 
 whereby three fraudulent claims were made in his name for Universal 
 Credit. One involved a face to face interview in Crewe including 
 the production of a passport; when he could prove he was actually 
 hundreds of miles away at the time 
  
 The first thing he knew of this, was when he noticed the DWP had been 
 regularly deducting payments from his salary for a €763 advance, which 
 they claim was paid into a bank account in his name 
  
  
 quote: 
  
 Bene also said that often agents will refuse to speak to him because 
 he does not know the answer to the security questions that the scammer 
 set up on his account, which has created €a truly Kafkaesque barrier€. 
  
 €It€s just like going around in circles,€ he said. €They will refuse 
 to speak to me because they€re still using the details of the fraudulent 
 claim and the two security questions that were created by the fraudulent 
 claimant as the basis of their verification process; it€s comical.€ 
  
 €So obviously, I don€t know the answer to those questions,€ he added. 
 €I mean, I know what the questions are, because I keep on asking, 
 it€s €what colour was your first car?€ and €where did you go on your 
 first holiday?€ I don€t even drive, I€ve never driven, so I don€t 
 have a car.€ 
  
 :unquote 
  
 https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/22/turned-my-life-int 
 -hell-teacher-fights-to-clear-his-name-after-identity 
  
  
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