2004 Credit Suit

Equifax e-mailed "order confirmation" - but I didn't order

This is really stressing me. I also got an e-mail from Ebay telling me that I changed my e-mail address - but I hadn't. I finally determined that it was another one of those fake mails where they try to get your info.

Capital One and the local law enforcement couldn't care less about who has my credit card and address info and who knows what else.

So what about Equifax? It looks authentic to me:

Return-path:
Envelope-to: christine@bayhouse.com
Delivery-date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:45:59 -0700
Received: from [216.46.96.117] (helo=smtp1.atl.equifax.com)
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:45:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Member.Benefits@equifax.com
To: christine@bayhouse.com
Subject: Your Equifax order confirmation
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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But I did NOT place another order:

Dear Valued Member,

Thank you for your recent order with Equifax. Below is a summary of your order:

Product Status Amount Charged
Equifax Credit Watch(TM) Credit Profile with Score Complete $0.00

*We will bill you for any pending orders only when they have been completed.

We will e-mail you when any pending orders have been completed.

To learn more about credit, visit the Credit Education section of our Web site. You will find valuable information on ways to improve your credit standing, how to protect yourself from identity theft, how certain life events can affect your credit rating and more.

Your order transaction number is BFRESN1436720. Please use it in any correspondence to us. Your User ID is bayhouse. You will use this User ID and the password you created at registration to login to MyEquifax and view your products. Be sure to keep this information in a safe place for future visits to MyEquifax.

At MyEquifax, you can:
** view your current products and order new products
** edit your profile, including User ID, password and e-mail address
** view special offers and access financial tools
** view the latest benefits and special offers of membership.

Click below to visit MyEquifax now- you will simply need your User ID and password to get started.
http://www.MyEquifax.equifax.com

Please call us at 1-866-4CWATCH (1-866-429-2824), 7 days a week between the hours of 8:00am - 3:00am Eastern Time Zone. You may e-mail us anytime at customer.care@equifax.com. Or you may write us at Equifax Consumer Services, Inc. PO Box 105496, Atlanta, GA 30348.

Thank you again for your order. We look forward to offering you additional products that will help you manage your financial well-being.

Your Equifax Customer Care Team

Posted by Christine at April 30, 2004 10:40 PM | TrackBack