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SusanCalvin

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8. Yeah, I figured it was something like that, but

Sat Apr 16, 2016, 08:21 AM

Apr 2016

I do not recall receiving any notice they would be going to a credit-reporting company. It may have been in the fine print, but I feel it should have been in big red letters.

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Odd experience with My USPS -anyone else? [View all] SusanCalvin Apr 2016 OP

Sounds fishy. Phishy. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #1

I would agree, but I typed the URL in directly. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #2

I'd investigate by actually getting a clear answer 2naSalit Apr 2016 #3

Yeah, I'm going to be putting in a query. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #4

USPS uses a service from commercial credit reporting company Crabby Appleton Apr 2016 #5

Yeah, I figured it was something like that, but SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #8

yes,healthcare.gov (my obamacare) asked the same 'questions' to verifiy me.OUR VOTE SHOULD USE THIS Sunlei Apr 2016 #16

No. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #18

I want to vote online. Our Government knows exactly who we are, our bank/credit and where we live. Sunlei Apr 2016 #20

Okey dokey. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #21

I' trust computers' & Fed. Government 'verifiy' system a LOT more then Local and State governments. Sunlei Apr 2016 #23

Okey dokey. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #24

You are aware that the registrar of voters in Paul Ryan's hometown... Chan790 Apr 2016 #43

Probably Acxiom. The are the biggest in data mining and thus have the databases on LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #27

How interesting and annoying. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #32

They take it pretty seriously. I think a site sends them the information you fill out LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #33

Well, depends on your definition of "spooky." SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #36

So far I conduct as little official business as possible online realizing that won't last long. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #46

but can we check their data? hopemountain Apr 2016 #50

Aha! That's why SS, when I applied online, said I had to come in person to sign up! ebayfool Apr 2016 #49

I have been asked similar LiberalElite Apr 2016 #6

Big Data. snot Apr 2016 #7

That's exactly the way I feel. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #9

It's not phishing. That is also how the ACA determined we were who we said ScreamingMeemie Apr 2016 #10

Oh, I didn't think it was phishing - that's what some replies said. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #11

Someone upthread did. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2016 #12

I'm sure you're right. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #13

Totally agreed. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2016 #14

That's how they verifiy it's really you. Sunlei Apr 2016 #15

Yes, I got that at the time. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #17

Probably in the registration agreement tiny text somewhere. Sunlei Apr 2016 #19

Yup. Which is not where it should be. nt SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #22

Then don't register. You can buy stamps right from your mailman/woman. Sunlei Apr 2016 #25

Sigh... You continue to read things I never wrote. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #26

bye. You could have ended the registration at that point. There will be more verifiy on internet. Sunlei Apr 2016 #35

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Thanks you're so kind. Sunlei Apr 2016 #39

They didnt pull your credit report Travis_0004 Apr 2016 #51

Easy answer TransitJohn Apr 2016 #28

Not sure of your point. nt SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #29

Mortgage information is public information Marrah_G Apr 2016 #30

Interesting. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #31

I got my wallet stolen in Milan Italy train station and when I called to cancel my credit cards kimbutgar Apr 2016 #34

That's fine. If you're notified first. nt SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #38

I had similar experience.. pulling from some meta database obviously Liberal_in_LA Apr 2016 #40

USPS, more paranoid than a financial institution. greymouse Apr 2016 #41

Just fyi, if you care, SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #42

You might miss something that way Jeffersons Ghost Apr 2016 #47

It's a pretty standard way to validate identity online nowadays Recursion Apr 2016 #44

Yep. I registered there to direct them to leave packages without anyone home and RiverLover Apr 2016 #45

Your online name resembles the word repercussion Jeffersons Ghost Apr 2016 #48