[Vision2020] Could this be a scam?

Scott Dredge sdredge at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 2 21:39:00 PST 2006


Not enough information to jump to a conclusion of
either fishy or legitimate.  My cat-like instincts
tend to lean towards fishy (or even chicken flavored).

-Scott

--- Carl Westberg <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Three times in the last week or so, I've had a
> message on my answering 
> machine telling me of an urgent matter that needs
> immediate response 
> regarding my student loan.  A 800 number was
> provided to call.  I ignored it 
> the first 2 times, dismissing it as a wrong number. 
> Yesterday, after the 
> third message, I finally called, and apprised the
> lady at the other end that 
> I was 55 years old, had never taken a student loan
> in my life, having paid 
> for college the old-fashioned way, that being with
> my father's money, and 
> that this was a straightforward case of a wrong
> number.  She then asked for 
> my social security number, which I not so politely
> declined to give her.  
> She then said she'd "fill out paperwork" to see what
> could be done.  
> Legitimate, or fishy?                               
>                                                     
                     
>                 Carl 
> Westberg Jr.
> 



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