signing my life away

[deird_lj]

It occurs to me that, if you decided to become an identity thief, becoming a mobile phone salesman would be a really good start.

Got a new phone (an IPHONE) yesterday, and I had to give them:
- my driver's license
- my credit card
- my Medicare card
- my address
- how long I've lived there
- where I work
- my boss's name and contact number
- how long I've worked there
- my signature (three times)
- my bank account details

O.O

I'm going to wake up next week to discover that my bank account is empty and the guy who sold me my phone has moved to Hawaii, aren't I?



(And to prove, once again, that computers do indeed hate me, my phone decided not to connect to the network for three hours after it should have, and I had to talk to FOUR different customer help line guys before they could figure out what was wrong.)

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[spikereader.livejournal.com]

Yay for new iPhone. I got one about a month ago and love it. Though I too had problems getting it connected - though that was all my fault (but the customer service guy was kind enough not to point that fact out to me) *g*

I got mine from the o2 website, filled in the name, address and bank details for the direct debit, credit card details for the bit I was paying towards the cost of the phone so that I could get a lower monthly charge and the phone was delivered two days later. No ID checks at all.

My (British) driving licence is so old it doesn't even have the photo card with it that new licences are now issued with.