| Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382778] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 16:33 |
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This made me LOL. How can they deny it when there's no other possible explanation? Caught
red handed and they bloody know it.
Dear Mr [deleted]
Thank you for your recent correspondence.
We would advise that we do not sell onto third parties the information
that is provided to us as part of the credit file application process,
which includes email addresses.
We treat data security extremely seriously and the concerns you have
raised have been communicated to our
Information Security Director.
Should we wish to contact you regarding this matter, we would be
grateful if you could provide a daytime telephone number on which you
can be reached.
I hope the above details are of assistance to you.
Kind Regards
Neil White
MyEquifax Customer Care Team
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382783 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 17:56 |
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Bitstring <44464a3d$0$9242$ed2619ec [at] ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net>, from
the wonderful person nick <no [at] reply.thx> said
>This made me LOL. How can they deny it when there's no other possible
>explanation? Caught
>red handed and they bloody know it.
Actually there are other possible explanations, like a dictionary attack
.... however the balance of probabilities is definitely with you.
--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Google may be your friend, but groups.google.com posters definitely aren't.
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382784 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 18:51 |
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> nick wrote
> >This made me LOL. How can they deny it
> >when there's no other possible explanation?
> >Caught red handed and they bloody know it.
>
"GSV Three Minds in a Can" wrote
> Actually there are other possible
> explanations, like a dictionary attack...
I think this is possibly quite likely.
Nick said he'd given them the email
address "equifax [at] mydomain".
I have actually given them two different email addresses
- one of which was also "equifax [at] mydomain"
(obviously a different domain to nick's!).
Interestingly, I received exactly the same spam sent to the
address "equifax [at] mydomain", but *not* to the other
address which I had given to Equifax. Looks like some
spammer is sending their rubbish to email addresses
starting "equifax [at] ", but quite why, I wouldn't know...
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382795 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 21:09 |
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"Tim" <me [at] home.uk> wrote in message news:k7ednU5cEp8A99vZRVnyuQ [at] bt.com...
>> nick wrote
>> >This made me LOL. How can they deny it
>> >when there's no other possible explanation?
>> >Caught red handed and they bloody know it.
>>
> "GSV Three Minds in a Can" wrote
>> Actually there are other possible
>> explanations, like a dictionary attack...
>
> I think this is possibly quite likely.
>
> Nick said he'd given them the email
> address "equifax [at] mydomain".
>
> I have actually given them two different email addresses
> - one of which was also "equifax [at] mydomain"
> (obviously a different domain to nick's!).
>
> Interestingly, I received exactly the same spam sent to the
> address "equifax [at] mydomain", but *not* to the other
> address which I had given to Equifax. Looks like some
> spammer is sending their rubbish to email addresses
> starting "equifax [at] ", but quite why, I wouldn't know...
>
>
>
I think a more reasonable explanation is that Equifax share with 3rd parties
but deny it. Just think of the value of that information they hold. The spam I've received is all financial
related, not your typical viagra spam. AND, its all UK based, and how would they know my .org domain that is
actually based in the USA, is UK? Interestingly, I only started receiving spam after I told equifax to stop sending me
email on that address.
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382801 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 22:00 |
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> > Actually there are other possible
> > explanations, like a dictionary attack...
> I think this is possibly quite likely.
> Nick said he'd given them the email
> address "equifax [at] mydomain".
> I have actually given them two different email addresses
> - one of which was also "equifax [at] mydomain"
> (obviously a different domain to nick's!).
Using a similar system to yourself to track "leaks" of information, i`ve
only ever had two places release the email address to spammers over a
period of about 4 (?) years - uktv and ticketmaster.
This is despite having probably several hundred "unique" email addresses
in circulation now, under several domain names.
I had ticketmaster bang to rights, as it was all their own affiliated
tickety/venue spamvertising sites sending the sh*te.
I`m cynical, but I believe I would have been the recipient of a lot more
spam via dictionary attacks rather than by the unauthorised release of
data if they were that effective.
I check 7 email addresses a day, and used to get ~580 spam mails per day
(my current spam<->legit mail ratio is 95%+ spam), so I think I have a
reasonable grasp of the proliferation of spam.
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382811 ] |
Do, 20 April 2006 00:42 |
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In uk.finance, nick wrote:
>I think a more reasonable explanation is that Equifax share with 3rd parties
>but deny it.
AAMOI I also gave a unique e-mail address to Equifax and I've received
no spam to that address, except *from* Equifax of course.
--
Mike Barnes
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382814 ] |
Do, 20 April 2006 03:01 |
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nick wrote:
> I think a more reasonable explanation is that Equifax share with 3rd parties
> but deny it.
OK - just suppose for a moment you are correct. What is your next action?
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382815 ] |
Do, 20 April 2006 03:33 |
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nick wrote:
> Dear Mr [deleted]
>
> Thank you for your recent correspondence.
>
> [snip]
>
> Should we wish to contact you regarding this matter, we would be
> grateful if you could provide a daytime telephone number on which you
> can be reached.
Why would they need your daytime phone number? What urgent matter that
could possibly be? Surely, everything they could ever want to tell you
they'd put in writing, wouldn't they?
Joe R
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382824 ] |
Do, 20 April 2006 10:51 |
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> "Tim" wrote
> > I have actually given them two different email addresses
> > - one of which was also "equifax [at] mydomain"
> > (obviously a different domain to nick's!).
> >
> > Interestingly, I received exactly the same spam sent
> > to the address "equifax [at] mydomain", but *not* to
> > the other address which I had given to Equifax...
>
"nick" wrote
> I think a more reasonable explanation is that
> Equifax share with 3rd parties but deny it.
Then can you explain why the other email
address I gave them received *no* spam?
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382930 ] |
Fr, 21 April 2006 13:48 |
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Already taken action.
"Colin Forrester" <colin [at] thefrogslepthere.com> wrote in message news:4ao4qdFu43t1U1 [at] individual.net...
> nick wrote:
>
>> I think a more reasonable explanation is that Equifax share with 3rd parties
>> but deny it.
>
> OK - just suppose for a moment you are correct. What is your next action?
>
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382931 ] |
Fr, 21 April 2006 13:49 |
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Why (and how) would you give them two email addresses?
"Tim" <me [at] home.uk> wrote in message news:-YKdnWC-3KIL1trZnZ2dnUVZ8qCdnZ2d [at] bt.com...
>> "Tim" wrote
>> > I have actually given them two different email addresses
>> > - one of which was also "equifax [at] mydomain"
>> > (obviously a different domain to nick's!).
>> >
>> > Interestingly, I received exactly the same spam sent
>> > to the address "equifax [at] mydomain", but *not* to
>> > the other address which I had given to Equifax...
>>
> "nick" wrote
>> I think a more reasonable explanation is that
>> Equifax share with 3rd parties but deny it.
>
> Then can you explain why the other email
> address I gave them received *no* spam?
>
>
>
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382932 ] |
Fr, 21 April 2006 14:16 |
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> >> "Tim" wrote
> >> > I have actually given them two different email addresses
> >> > - one of which was also "equifax [at] mydomain"
> >> > (obviously a different domain to nick's!).
> >> >
> >> > Interestingly, I received exactly the same spam sent
> >> > to the address "equifax [at] mydomain", but *not* to
> >> > the other address which I had given to Equifax...
> >>
> > "nick" wrote
> >> I think a more reasonable explanation is that
> >> Equifax share with 3rd parties but deny it.
> >
> "Tim" wrote
> > Then can you explain why the other email
> > address I gave them received *no* spam?
> >
"nick" wrote
> Why (and how) would you give them two email addresses?
Two different visits to their website.
But you didn't answer my question - if they
have sold the email addresses, then why did
I only get spam to " equifax [at] mydomain "
and not to the other email address I gave?
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| Re: Equifax deny sharing my email address [message #382937 ] |
Fr, 21 April 2006 14:59 |
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nick wrote:
> Already taken action.
>
> "Colin Forrester" <colin [at] thefrogslepthere.com> wrote in message news:4ao4qdFu43t1U1 [at] individual.net...
>> nick wrote:
>>
>>> I think a more reasonable explanation is that Equifax share with 3rd parties
>>> but deny it.
>> OK - just suppose for a moment you are correct. What is your next action?
>>
>
>
Care to share?
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