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Originally Posted by asianthree

Sadly we have many who are hard of hearing in TV. We just had 3 new neighbors moved in two of which spend hours, yelling into their phone.

This week our neighbor 4 houses down, who is retired IRS, mentioned how clear he could hear their conversations. We have ponds, and prairie behind houses, so sounds really can travel. Today he made a visit welcoming the two new neighbors.

Then politely gave each of them a paper with their social security numbers, and credit card numbers. They were shocked, their voices carried so far, and clearly that anyone could have written down their personal info during phone calls, they made in their lanai.

Fair warning, be careful while outside when giving out your info during a phone call, someone may not be so honest.

Or perhaps your IRS retired neighbor has access to the new neighbors info via his previous occupation. How many hours did he have to listen to get a full SS or credit card # ? Then he wrote the info down on a piece of paper and handed it to them. I cannot recall the last time someone asked me for the full #'s VS the last 4 digits over the phone. Story doesn't pass the smell test for me.