Ano pwede mangyari?

[AnuVaYan]

May tumawag sa akin, telemarketer daw ng Globe telecoms (smart user ako), sabi niya nagbibigay daw sila ng free sim card ng globe to smart subscribers. Umpisa skeptical agad ako, sabi ko, sim lang yan. Pero naisip ko kawawa naman ito kung totoo para lang maka quota siya. Pero imbestiga pa rin ako syempre. Pinakinggan ko yung background na ingay, mukhang from a call center talaga siya tumatawag. Tapos ang sabi ko kaagad basta wala akong cash out sige, syempre kung di legit yun stop na sya dito. Sabi naman niya name and address lang tapos present lang valid id kapag dineliver na yung sim. So binigay ko naman name and address ko.

Tapos kanina tinawagan ko Globe kung talagang may promo sila na ganun, wala daw.

So ang tanong, ano makukuha nila sa name and address? Iniisip ko, pwede sila mag apply ng credit card using my name and address tapos phone number nila ang gamit. Pero kung makaka lusot sa cc company yun e mahina ang pag CI nila.

[nicolodeon]

Hmm....daming theoretical possibilities eh: from actual sim delivery to casing of your house by a syndicate.

[Taurus]

medyo OT but I was just reminded of the recent NSO survey from where they conduct house to house interviews and they all got our personal data of all members of the family . . .

It is really now hard to give information on anyone you don't even know in this age of information technology.

[AnuVaYan]

Kainis nga e... I don't even need a globe sim, balak ko din ipamigay, ewan ko ba kung bakit for some reason e naisipan kong patulan yung offer na yun. Iniisip ko naman, e mas matindi nga yung mga entries sa raffle e, kasi minsan pati birthday meron dun, saka pinaka importante, yung signature.

[uls]

They are harvesting personal info.

full name, landline, address etc ang habol nila.

Expect more telemarketers to call u. From credit cards to personal loans to hotel memberships to insurance...

yan ang lifeblood ng business nila e...

[hubertq34]

Name, address and telephone no? this is only my guess... they might access your telephone line for international calls.

[uls]

di naman siguro.

Thousands of businesses have their addresses and landlines advertised in the yellow pages and websites. If it was that risky, nobody would advertise.

It's like people knowing ur savings account number. They can't do anything to the account. They can only deposit money into it.

The telemarketers just put u in their database. potential customer ka. That's it.

They can also sell the database to other telemarketing firms.

[AnuVaYan]

Di ko maalala kung hiningi landline, hindi yata e.

[uls]

dun sa post mo "May tumawag sa akin"

so sa cel pala tumawag?

most telemarketers tumatawag sa landline. Nakukuha nila sa yellow pages.

meron ba telemarketer tatawag sa cel? talo sila sa cost...

baka may kaaway ka gusto malaman saan ka nakatira... hehe

[mbeige]

Never, ever give out any information to strangers these days. Remember the saying, "If it's too good to be true, it probably is."

You should have asked their contact info first then tell them you will call them back. That way you can still track them down, or if you have the cell number post it here so people will know whom to avoid.

Uls has a good point, however, they can also sell or give your information to "the others" who want more than just information. Keep an extra eye out at night or early mornings, be more vigilant and see if they will do anything. You never know, at least you're prepared.