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Any of you get that letter from NYB Mellon about losing data tapes with
your sensitive info on them?
http://www.bnymellon.com/tapequery/
What are you going to do, if you care to answer? Are you going to sign up
for that two years of free credit monitoring? Just curious. I probably
will but am still considering.
I have no idea what I have to do with Mellon. I don't have anything that
I can find with their name on it. Supposedly stock but almost all mine is
in stock funds. JP Morgan tie-in with a stock of mine they handle? IRA?
Mutual funds? Pension? Mellon doesn't say.
Ken
--
"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner
Ken wrote on 10/5/08 1:34 PM:
> Any of you get that letter from NYB Mellon about losing data tapes with
> your sensitive info on them?
>
> http://www.bnymellon.com/tapequery/
>
> What are you going to do, if you care to answer? Are you going to sign up
> for that two years of free credit monitoring? Just curious. I probably
> will but am still considering.
>
> I have no idea what I have to do with Mellon. I don't have anything that
> I can find with their name on it. Supposedly stock but almost all mine is
> in stock funds. JP Morgan tie-in with a stock of mine they handle? IRA?
> Mutual funds? Pension? Mellon doesn't say.
>
> Ken
I would probably realize that I'm being pfished......
"Ken" <i...@i...com> wrote in message
news:Xns9B2E6B92CB67Dinvalidcom@130.133.1.4...
> Any of you get that letter from NYB Mellon about losing data tapes with
> your sensitive info on them?
>
> http://www.bnymellon.com/tapequery/
>
> What are you going to do, if you care to answer? Are you going to sign up
> for that two years of free credit monitoring? Just curious. I probably
> will but am still considering.
>
> I have no idea what I have to do with Mellon. I don't have anything that
> I can find with their name on it. Supposedly stock but almost all mine is
> in stock funds. JP Morgan tie-in with a stock of mine they handle? IRA?
> Mutual funds? Pension? Mellon doesn't say.
>
BNY/Mellon is probably the trustee for some for your stock funds.
Blash <b...@c...net> wrote in
news:C50E8763.C0581%blash1@comcast.net:
> Ken wrote on 10/5/08 1:34 PM:
>
>> Any of you get that letter from NYB Mellon about losing data tapes
>> with your sensitive info on them?
>>
>> http://www.bnymellon.com/tapequery/
>>
>> What are you going to do, if you care to answer? Are you going to
>> sign up for that two years of free credit monitoring? Just curious. I
>> probably will but am still considering.
>>
>> I have no idea what I have to do with Mellon. I don't have anything
>> that I can find with their name on it. Supposedly stock but almost
>> all mine is in stock funds. JP Morgan tie-in with a stock of mine
>> they handle? IRA? Mutual funds? Pension? Mellon doesn't say.
>>
>> Ken
>
> I would probably realize that I'm being pfished......
>
The notification came via snail mail, not email. The web site referenced,
one of a group from BNY Mellon there, certainly does not look like a
phishing (pfishing?)expedition to me. Rather elaborate for one.
Ken
--
"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner
I got that letter too. It smelled fishy to me because it referenced an
"activation code" to be entered on a website. The website then asked for the
usual stuff like name, address, S/S number and the like. Heck... If it were
truly from BNY/Mellon, it stood to reason that the "activation code" was unique
for me and would be linked to S/S number and the other personal information.
In other words, the website should have supplied that data to me instead of the
other way around. On Monday morning, I'm calling the main BNY switchboard at 1
Wall St and ask to be connected to the Shareowner Services group. At least if
I'm initiating the inquiry I have a good idea the data is from BNY.
Otherwise, "guilty until proven innocent" is the keyword whenever any website
asks for personal data.
"Ken" <i...@i...com> wrote in message
news:Xns9B2E6B92CB67Dinvalidcom@130.133.1.4...
> Any of you get that letter from NYB Mellon about losing data tapes with
> your sensitive info on them?
>
> http://www.bnymellon.com/tapequery/
>
> What are you going to do, if you care to answer? Are you going to sign up
> for that two years of free credit monitoring? Just curious. I probably
> will but am still considering.
>
> I have no idea what I have to do with Mellon. I don't have anything that
> I can find with their name on it. Supposedly stock but almost all mine is
> in stock funds. JP Morgan tie-in with a stock of mine they handle? IRA?
> Mutual funds? Pension? Mellon doesn't say.
>
> Ken
>
> --
> "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
> remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner
>
>
>
>
>
>
The letter is not signed so we really have no idea from where it originated.
"catalpa" <c...@e...org> wrote in message
news:vb9Gk.895$P5.635@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
>
> "Ken" <i...@i...com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9B2E6B92CB67Dinvalidcom@130.133.1.4...
>> Any of you get that letter from NYB Mellon about losing data tapes with
>> your sensitive info on them?
>>
>> http://www.bnymellon.com/tapequery/
>>
>> What are you going to do, if you care to answer? Are you going to sign up
>> for that two years of free credit monitoring? Just curious. I probably
>> will but am still considering.
>>
>> I have no idea what I have to do with Mellon. I don't have anything that
>> I can find with their name on it. Supposedly stock but almost all mine is
>> in stock funds. JP Morgan tie-in with a stock of mine they handle? IRA?
>> Mutual funds? Pension? Mellon doesn't say.
>>
>
> BNY/Mellon is probably the trustee for some for your stock funds.
>
>
I just made a deal to have 500,000,000 Yitzaks delivered to me from
Nigeria,
seems a rich uncle i never knew died in a car accident their and left
it to me!!!!
Good old Uncle "Big Daddy" Amin had some killer gov't connex . . . .
References? A US republican senator sent them money for a similar
deal, it
must be legit!!!!
Question: Can't find an official exchange rate for the Yitzak,
should i just
bank em, do a 'long term buy and hold'?
"Lubow" <l...@l...com> wrote in
news:48e99e12$0$22990$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.co
m:
> I got that letter too. It smelled fishy to me because it referenced
> an "activation code" to be entered on a website. The website then
> asked for the usual stuff like name, address, S/S number and the like.
> Heck... If it were truly from BNY/Mellon, it stood to reason that the
> "activation code" was unique for me and would be linked to S/S number
> and the other personal information.
Yep. I'd not have entered the data either. I hadn't gotten far enough to
check out that site.
> In other words, the website should have supplied that data to me
> instead of the other way around. On Monday morning, I'm calling the
> main BNY switchboard at 1 Wall St and ask to be connected to the
> Shareowner Services group. At least if I'm initiating the inquiry I
> have a good idea the data is from BNY.
Please post your results here. I hope you're right - then my data on tape
was not compromised.
> Otherwise, "guilty until proven innocent" is the keyword whenever any
> website asks for personal data.
If this _is_ a scam someone went through a _lot_ of work. A pretty good
fake website with a logical bank url name and multiple well-crafted
pages, and they bought an investor mailing list, probably not cheap. Then
all the postage. But that protection service web site asking for personal
data is _very_ suspicious.
Ken
--
"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner
First, for the cost of mailing, I used to get a couple of letters from Nigeria
every month long before the scam hit the email. Therefore, nothing surprises
me.
Second, organized crime is heavily involved with phishing and other forms of
identity theft which include manufacturing credit cards. So, again, nothing
surprises me.
Third, the website should have presented our personal data to us instead of we
entering our S/S number to the website if the activation number given in the
letter keyed our personal data to the bank's data.
Just *A Guess* that it's legit because the switchboard at BNY shareowner
services was tied up for a good half hour. I gave up since there was so much
action today shorting crude and sugar. I'll try again later this afternoon or
tomorrow.
If it were a forgery, I think the media would have made some announcement. I'm
tuned to Bloomberg Radio Online, and nothing was said of it.
Give it a try. The bank's phone number is (212) 495-1784. Ask the operator to
connect you to shareowner services.
"Ken" <i...@i...com> wrote in message
news:Xns9B2F5FF662AC3invalidcom@130.133.1.4...
> "Lubow" <l...@l...com> wrote in
> news:48e99e12$0$22990$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.co
m:
>
>> I got that letter too. It smelled fishy to me because it referenced
>> an "activation code" to be entered on a website. The website then
>> asked for the usual stuff like name, address, S/S number and the like.
>> Heck... If it were truly from BNY/Mellon, it stood to reason that the
>> "activation code" was unique for me and would be linked to S/S number
>> and the other personal information.
>
> Yep. I'd not have entered the data either. I hadn't gotten far enough to
> check out that site.
>
>> In other words, the website should have supplied that data to me
>> instead of the other way around. On Monday morning, I'm calling the
>> main BNY switchboard at 1 Wall St and ask to be connected to the
>> Shareowner Services group. At least if I'm initiating the inquiry I
>> have a good idea the data is from BNY.
>
> Please post your results here. I hope you're right - then my data on tape
> was not compromised.
>
>> Otherwise, "guilty until proven innocent" is the keyword whenever any
>> website asks for personal data.
>
> If this _is_ a scam someone went through a _lot_ of work. A pretty good
> fake website with a logical bank url name and multiple well-crafted
> pages, and they bought an investor mailing list, probably not cheap. Then
> all the postage. But that protection service web site asking for personal
> data is _very_ suspicious.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> --
> "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
> remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner
>
>
>
>
>
>
Finally go through to BNY. The letter is legit. They just didn't configure the
website correctly for my taste.
-- Lubow.
"Lubow" <l...@l...com> wrote in message
news:48ea634c$0$7354$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.com
...
> First, for the cost of mailing, I used to get a couple of letters from Nigeria
> every month long before the scam hit the email. Therefore, nothing surprises
> me.
>
> Second, organized crime is heavily involved with phishing and other forms of
> identity theft which include manufacturing credit cards. So, again, nothing
> surprises me.
>
> Third, the website should have presented our personal data to us instead of we
> entering our S/S number to the website if the activation number given in the
> letter keyed our personal data to the bank's data.
>
> Just *A Guess* that it's legit because the switchboard at BNY shareowner
> services was tied up for a good half hour. I gave up since there was so much
> action today shorting crude and sugar. I'll try again later this afternoon or
> tomorrow.
>
> If it were a forgery, I think the media would have made some announcement.
> I'm tuned to Bloomberg Radio Online, and nothing was said of it.
>
> Give it a try. The bank's phone number is (212) 495-1784. Ask the operator
> to connect you to shareowner services.
>
>
> "Ken" <i...@i...com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9B2F5FF662AC3invalidcom@130.133.1.4...
>> "Lubow" <l...@l...com> wrote in
>> news:48e99e12$0$22990$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.co
m:
>>
>>> I got that letter too. It smelled fishy to me because it referenced
>>> an "activation code" to be entered on a website. The website then
>>> asked for the usual stuff like name, address, S/S number and the like.
>>> Heck... If it were truly from BNY/Mellon, it stood to reason that the
>>> "activation code" was unique for me and would be linked to S/S number
>>> and the other personal information.
>>
>> Yep. I'd not have entered the data either. I hadn't gotten far enough to
>> check out that site.
>>
>>> In other words, the website should have supplied that data to me
>>> instead of the other way around. On Monday morning, I'm calling the
>>> main BNY switchboard at 1 Wall St and ask to be connected to the
>>> Shareowner Services group. At least if I'm initiating the inquiry I
>>> have a good idea the data is from BNY.
>>
>> Please post your results here. I hope you're right - then my data on tape
>> was not compromised.
>>
>>> Otherwise, "guilty until proven innocent" is the keyword whenever any
>>> website asks for personal data.
>>
>> If this _is_ a scam someone went through a _lot_ of work. A pretty good
>> fake website with a logical bank url name and multiple well-crafted
>> pages, and they bought an investor mailing list, probably not cheap. Then
>> all the postage. But that protection service web site asking for personal
>> data is _very_ suspicious.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
>> remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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