Friday, January 26, 2007

Enter your SSN and Driver's License # in the comments section

Welp, the free cable gravy train ran out this week, so I was forced by Lauren at gunpoint to call Comcast and pay my hard-earned TP dollars to get it switched back on. I come to find out that after you fill out the order form on the Comcast website, they direct you to a chat room where a friendly Comcast representative claims they need your Social Security number and Driver's License number to continue with the order for the $12-a-month service.

"I can assure you sir that this is a secure chat room"

I informed the agreeable chap that I have a once-a-month max limit on having my identity stolen, then shut the browser window. To be safe, I shut off my brother's computer and then stabbed the screen a couple times with a pocketknife I found nearby. Robbie wasn't very happy about the phony Comcast chat room either.

1 comment:

Joey said...

yeah i saw this show dateline ABC and this 12year old girl told this dude that it was a secure chat room, and then, do you know what happened? he got arrested.