When enough people ask for it, I comply and put out a security warning. The important point to remember is that while neither credit card information nor passwords (hased) were stolen, personal information was. This includes your name, email address, phone number, instant messenger, and a few other lines of information on your Sony account.
I only note this because it seems scam artists are calling phones associated with accounts, claiming to be everything from Sony to their bank, to credit unions, offering perks from interest reduction to identity protection (irony) and everything in between. While most of you are well versed in spotting scam emails, the phone calls might not be picked up by your internal detector until it’s too late. Most of us just don’t get scam phone calls, and won’t be expecting it.
Know the phone number to your bank, and even then never agree to anything over the phone. Always take care of it at the bank, odds are the scammer will just hang up at that point anyway. If your bank will only do certain businesses over the phone, consider finding a new bank.
Stay vigilant, MMOers.
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