CORI Shopper Information COMPROMISED

If, in fact hackers broke into CORI's data system, your information has already been sold to another scammer over the internet. (but it's usually credit cards and passwords that they obtain/ sell) There are the people who buy and sell card numbers in online markets, sometimes called “carding forums” or “card malls.”

It is also likely that it is just a scammer using CORI's letterhead and this was random. If hundreds of shoppers were sent out the fake Cori mail, then it seems 4+ have reported it to CORI. That may not make it a breach, but just the same, if 100's received Sinclair fake mail (example) and some report it, it's just a random name the scammers have used.

I was a victim in another state, where the state tax department was hacked into, affecting millions. They had my bank# and routing# because HR-BLOCK had to give the state my information, so they could send my state tax refund to my bank account. So we are supposed to get identity theft protection for a certain amount of time. (hopefully forever).

But, about 6 months ago someone was trying to get into my account. I thought the bank email was fake ( phishing) and called the bank. Not fake. They locked my account after 3 attempts. So, someone that bought my information (scammer) tried to get in and clean my account.

Pretty scary stuff. I would continue trying to find out if this was a true breach or if this was a random scammer using CORI to send out checks.

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The OP said his/her shopper number was on the correspondence. That makes it not random.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/13/2014 04:44AM by nycrocks.
Put a freeze on your credit with all three credit monitoring agencies and have Credit Karma monitor your credit for free. They don't even ask you for your full SSN.
Also, when you write your letter to Equifax, Transunion, and... I forgot the other one. lol Tell them about the breach. You should do this ASAP. When you want to apply for a credit card, apt, etc. you have to get a code to unblock your credit reports, or you can have credit monitoring company do it for you. I have a good one that I have used in the past. Let me know if you want their info, they charge 15.00 a month or about 240 a year upfront.
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