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'Destroyed' Hard Drive Found At Flea Market

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the geek-squad-dark-sides dept.

Billosaur writes "From Yahoo News comes this tidbit about a couple who got a very shocking phone call. Henry and Roma Gerbus received a phone call from a man named Ed claiming he had purchased their old hard drive at a flea market. They had previously taken their computer to Best Buy to have the hard drive replaced and were told that the store would destroy it. Now it has turned up at a flea market, still containing their personal information, such as bank account numbers and Social Security numbers. The Gerbus' are a little perplexed and are very worried about identity theft."

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  1. As if though it matters... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone that is taking a PC to Best Buy for a HDD replacement is probably sending money to Prince Abul Smith of Nigeria anyways.

  2. Re:SSN? by plams · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had, but luckily it got mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw'd.

  3. Why by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would you pay a store to destroy something like a hard drive? Destroying it *yourself* is clearly way more fun.

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  4. I think your last comment is way off base by rsilvergun · · Score: 5, Funny

    probably 80% of /. users have boobs, and we _still_ get lousy service!

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