On 31 January 2012 11:58, Alain Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:addw@phcomp.co.uk">addw@phcomp.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Somewhat OT for the list, but I suspect that someone may have the info that I want.<br>
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Hi,<br>
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I am having a row with a UK Govt department. When they 'phone (number with held) they<br>
insist in me proving who I am ('what is your NI number') before they will prove<br>
who they are[**] - the result is that I refuse to speak to them.<br>
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I have told them about social engineering and scammers who 'phone people, they<br>
can't see my point and just got annoyed when I said that I had to regard their<br>
staff 'phoning me as scammers.<br><br></blockquote><div><br>I had an exact same thing with my solicitor (wanted my address, birth date and NI number!!) and when I pretty much said the same as you their response was " Oh OK then - Don't worry I'll talk to you anyway"<br>
<br>I didn't bother asking why they had even bothered with the id check if I could simply refuse with no effect.<br><br>On the other OT thread this has raised - can I just say that my sympathies go out to all fathers treated as criminals in divorce cases by government and law alike.<br>
<br>iain<br></div></div>