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That's excellent, I had no idea that existed, I'll have to start using that. Though it is fun to do a game of security question chicken - how much letters are they going to listen to me say until they go "ok, that's good enough"?


Customer Rep.: "What is your mother's maiden name?"

Scammer: "I just entered a bunch of garbage."

Customer Rep.: "Yup! Thanks for verifying that Mr. Smith!"


"A bunch of garbage" is actually kind of a fun answer in itself. "Who was your childhood best friend?" "A bunch of garbage."


Haha that's pretty funny. "Who was your first college roommate?" "A bunch of garbage."




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