A few years ago I got an email at work from my employer notifying me that I would be contacted by someone from our healthcare insurer providing a service to help us make changes to improve our health. Sounds reasonable. So one evening a few weeks later I get a call from a woman claiming to be a nurse representing the program. The first thing she wanted me to do was answer questions so she could verify my identity. I said, "What???" and began laughing at her. Then I said, "You called me. First you need to identify your identity!"
Today (and every time I have a doctor's appointment scheduled) I got an email and a text to confirm an appointment I have with my doctor next week. Then it wants be to do the pre-check in questionnaire beginning with verifying my identity. (???)
In both cases I have played along and participated but in the first case I let the calling nurse know that I don't like getting a call out of the blue asking for personal information to "verify my identity" when the caller could be someone attempting to steal my identity.
I wonder if as a society we've become too complacent and just accept things like these without question?
Every year or two I get a call from some guy always asking for Donald. When I say there's no Donald here he starts his presentation claiming to be from some police organization raising money for a good cause and asking me for a donation. I tell him I don't make contributions like this but if he wants to mail some literature to me about this I'll gladly look at it and decide. Nothing ever shows up in the mail. I have since searched on the internet and found this to be a popular scam.
Today (and every time I have a doctor's appointment scheduled) I got an email and a text to confirm an appointment I have with my doctor next week. Then it wants be to do the pre-check in questionnaire beginning with verifying my identity. (???)
In both cases I have played along and participated but in the first case I let the calling nurse know that I don't like getting a call out of the blue asking for personal information to "verify my identity" when the caller could be someone attempting to steal my identity.
I wonder if as a society we've become too complacent and just accept things like these without question?
Every year or two I get a call from some guy always asking for Donald. When I say there's no Donald here he starts his presentation claiming to be from some police organization raising money for a good cause and asking me for a donation. I tell him I don't make contributions like this but if he wants to mail some literature to me about this I'll gladly look at it and decide. Nothing ever shows up in the mail. I have since searched on the internet and found this to be a popular scam.