http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/ Engadget Comments for UK T-Mobile customer data sold to cold callers, responsible staff to be prosecuted http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
Hmmm]]>Nov 17th 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
somebody Named names!!!

not me!]]>Nov 17th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
How do you know it's not happening in the US?

Companies do this kind of thing all the time.
Plus its not ATT, its T-Mobile, so their not exactly printing money--maybe they have to resort to 'alternative income streams.']]>Nov 17th 2009 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
Then there was that other case posted today about TRUSTED companies helping to scam customers with "memberships". Credit card numbers were sold. Yep, our data is NOT safe.]]>Nov 17th 2009 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
I do enjoy the graphic though hehe.]]>Nov 17th 2009 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Everyone can see through your crap. Obviously you like and know allot about videogames, but know nothing about cars and just go to those sites to chime in. What chick on earth talks about wireless video game adapters? none, thats who.
Dude, how much do you get paid when people click through to that dating site?]]>Nov 17th 2009 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
Good on you for catching this fake.

All this spam... man, just get a useful job, really.]]>Nov 17th 2009 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 18th 2009 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
985 Shadybrook dr
Concord, California 94521United States
(925) 998-7113

is also bogus.]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
In all fairness, though I know what you're referring to, my wife is an avid gamer and tends to talk about gaming equipment a lot, so wireless adapters would not be out of the realm of her knowledge/speech. Likewise, female professional gamers.]]>Nov 18th 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
Interesting to see if o2 and Vodafone uk are investigated for data loss.]]>Nov 17th 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
WHERES YOUR MAGENTA BASED LAW SUIT NOW?!?!]]>Nov 17th 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
and ive been with them since they were called one2one!]]>Nov 17th 2009 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 18th 2009 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/WIN!]]>Nov 18th 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
Er, no, that's one for T-Mobile and one for Microsoft. (And I guess an additional slap-mark for T-Mo for association with the Sidekick thing.)]]>Nov 17th 2009 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
You probably dont care and I wont blame you if you dont, but it does hurt when everything fraudulent is given a Nigerian name regardless of whether it had anything to do with Nigeria in the first place.

I am sure some commenters will scold me and tell me to go and sort out the scammers in Nigeria...but the truth is that there are a lot of us hardworking Nigerians out there just like you and it's very painful to hear us being called fraudsters all the time.

Thanks]]>Nov 17th 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
But hey, at least the scams are resourceful and always polite, and sometimes very funny! ;)
Could be worse, you could have the reputation of the French! (ok, calm down frenchies...I love France too!).
]]>Nov 17th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
Scammers -- Nigeria
Idiocy -- America
Snobbery -- Britan
Bad Oders -- French
Drunkenness/Violence -- Irish
Loudness -- Italy

No-one really means much when they make these references.. but when we get 5 emails a say from prince whats-his-face who's got $5 Billion dollars he needs to move via another country, and that we were picked because we look so trustworthy (though my email address does look very trustworthy..) we're going to think of scammers when we think of Nigera and vice versa :P


Best not to take it all too seriously..]]>Nov 17th 2009 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
Most people wouldn't understand your point. As a fellow Nigerian, I hate seeing our country brought up whenever fraud is mentioned. Many Nigerians are trustworthy and hardworking people.

And to everyone else, consider this:
There are scammers in EVERY country. ]]>Nov 17th 2009 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
I just hope that Nigerian Government do something to resolve this.]]>Nov 18th 2009 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/WHAT KIND OF PATHETIC LOSER ARE YOU?]]>Nov 17th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
It should read

"UK T-Mobile customer data sold to cold callers, staff responsible to be prosecuted"

Both titles have slightly different meanings.

T-Mobile UK are merging with Orange and creating a new network how funny this is only leaked when T-Mobile are about to vanish from the UK.]]>Nov 17th 2009 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 18th 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 18th 2009 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/]]>Nov 17th 2009 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/*puts on glasses*
didn't act very responsibly.]]>Nov 17th 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/
(lets try that again, engadget comment system)]]>Nov 17th 2009 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 18th 2009 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 18th 2009 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/uk-t-mobile-customers-data-sold-on-to-cold-callers-responsible/Nov 17th 2009 11:23PM