[Mick Fisher]

Originally Posted by Chris

It's also inept because they're asking you for personal information without being in a position to assure you they have a legitimate reason to ask.

Several employees of a private investigations agency have just been found guilty of blagging, for phoning people up and extracting personal information by deception. This sort of thing can and does happen and is the reason I will never give any such information to any person who phones me, regardless of who they say they are.

^ This!!!!!