A gullibility test
“Part of me really wants to believe”. I just read through a posting that invited me to take part in a class action suit. Not my first time; the others have worked according to the rules. You send in your name, you wait, you get a cheque in the post for a token amount and life goes on. This time around, a slight twist.
The issue is that for a number of years, we paid inflated prices for the CRT screens that we all owned. Be it a TV set, or the monitor on your desktop, someone had overcharged us. And, in keeping with what I call the “pendulum factor”, someone else had noticed and gone to the courts to seek retribution.
Oddly, this notice did not mention a fixed amount. Nor, did it offer to cut a cheque on my behalf. Instead, the form required me to furnish a simple password that would be used to confirm my bona fides, in anticipation of an electronic transfer of funds.
Let’s pause for a moment, shall we. Someone that I don’t know wants access to my bank account. There certainly can’t be anything nefarious about that. As someone in the comment section stated, doing any kind of an audit is now impossible (unlike with a cheque).
To this point, little personal danger. They have my throwaway email address and a fictitious pet’s moniker. I will wait, until such time as the real hook is dangled. Perhaps I can find a charity that posts e-transfer, and give an anonymous donation.
