Indian Call Centre Worker Sells Customer Details

lxt writes "A British tabloid newspaper managed to buy the personal details of over 1000 bank customers from an off-shore call centre based in Delhi. An IT worker at the call centre handed over details at £4.25 per customer, as well as credit card numbers and account passwords. He claimed could sell over 200,000 account details every month. The British police force has passed on details to Interpol and the Indian authorities, in an attempt to prosecute the individual. The BBC is also covering the story."

Bring back

[datadriven]

... the barter system. This newfangled electronic stuff just isn't working out.

Send me your info

[FunWithHeadlines]

I realize some of you might not trust a London tabloid to get the facts right. So as to perform a public service, I will investigate and get back to anyone who wants more information. To do this, I'll need contact information from each of you, including your:

• Full name
• Home address
• Phone
• Mother's maiden name
• PIN number
• Favorite password

Please send this information to me accompanied by a money order in the amount of $4.95 to cover my processing fees. I will get the confirmation about the tabloid article back to you ASAP.

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Crime and Punishment

[Andrewkov]

Well, the good news is that you're allowed to chop off the offenders hands when caught.

Re:Send me your info

[koi88]

Thank you for this interesting offer. It sounds like a very good service.
Unfortunately, you forgot to include your address, so I don't know where I can send my data and the money.

Not again...

[LegendOfLink]

You: "Dammit, my identity got stolen, I'll have to call my bank."

dials...

CS: "Hello sir, my name is Rodney, how may I help you?"

You: "What's with the delay?"

CS: "Hello sir, my name is Rodney, may I help you today?"

You: "Um...OK, my identity got stolen. Can you help me?"

CS: "OK, sir, first reboot your PC."

You: "Wait a sec, this isn't a tech call."

CS: "Tell me your personal information, so I can find out your account."

You: "OK..."

My address

[FunWithHeadlines]

"Unfortunately, you forgot to include your address, so I don't know where I can send my data and the money."

My most esteemed colleague,

Please excuse my unforgiveable oversight in neglecting to put a return address. In my excitement to be making such excellent contacts in your country, I was clearly negligent. Please remit all sums to:

Post Office Stop A
Lagos State
Nigeria

I cannot tell you how grateful I am to find such a kind and professional person such as yourself, and I look forward to a mutually beneficial financial arrangement. Please send the money right away!

Prisons

[jaygatsby27]

Thank goodness they don't have call centers like this in prisons. I thank god every day that there is no way my personal information could make its way to foreign terrorists who could use it to raise funds for their operations. The US and British governments would never allow that to happen. No matter how important commerce is to the US, they would never put it before the safety, health and well-being of its citizens. (this email written in 1980, left in Draft folder for 25 years and only now mailed).

Re:Well

[Anonymous Coward]

"... try to decipher thier horribly butchered english."

But aren't you American ?

Re:Well

[Dogtanian]

I'm an "economic migrant" working in the UK. Originally from NZ, I've lived in the UK since 1979 and in Glasgow since 1990.

Let me guess; you got fed up of the sheep and endless rain in NZ and decided the west coast of Scotland was the best place to be?

Oh, hang on...

Re:Crime and Punishment

[Anonymous Coward]

Wish I had some mod points today to mod that as funny...
"One of my hopes when reading /. is that the level of education of people here is at least slightly above average."
I am really not trying to be a troll here, but I think the following needs to be said abouth the general slashdot crowd.
Education level slightly above average, yes.
Wisdom? Uhhh, for the most part no.
Education is "book larn'n", wisdom is knowing how and when to apply educational and life experiances in a manner that produces a positive result.
For example, making a potential comment that some will consider a troll, is not wisdom... and thus I prove the point. :)