Truth 19 Fake credit card applications

Have you ever been accosted from someone looking in one of those little kiosks as you’re walking through a mall? The solicitor intercepts you as you walk past, talking you into applying for new cell phone service, signing some whacky petition, or entering a drawing to win a brand new car.

I had a brilliant idea. I was going to set up a kiosk dedicated to committing identity theft.

One day I was shopping, and I noticed that people who obviously had no interest in buying a new phone or filling out one of these surveys would actually stop and listen. Next thing they know, they are testing new cell phones, filling out surveys, or signing up with high hopes of winning that brand new car. It was during this ...

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