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Received a mailed a letter, (on Cover Page) stating in bold "Important Information Regarding Privacy." States my name, then states: Enclosed you will find our privacy notice that we are required send per the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Then in bold: How to reach us. Then only provides information in ways to contact them and the CCPA. I called to remove my name. It appears to be a deceitful and intrusive marketing strategy it may catch some seniors, people with disabilities, the California public off guard. Pg 1. has "Personal Information (PI) We Collect" (caps, bold), then has 11 categories, nine of which they collect and two do not collect, collecting information such as: Identifier, Personal Records, Consumer Characteristics Information, etc. (some information requested: full name, physical/mailing address, date of birth, Social Security Number, gender, marital status, passport number, health insurance information). Letter states: Collection Sources and Use of Your PI (bold); How and Why We Use Your PI; Sharing of PI (caps, bold) with Disclosures and Sharing Practices; Your CCPA Privacy Rights and Choices (caps, bold). The nine page letter has lots of acronyms about privacy, and protecting privacy. Important! It does not ask to join their bank, etc. It appears to be a ploy tactic, and seems deceptive and intrusive. [BBB Scam Type: Other] [Business: Fifth Third Bank] [Location: CA, USA - 91978]

The company presents itself as a distributor of TrafficMaster carpet tiles, a brand typically available at Home Depot. Believing their claims, I ordered six boxes of carpet tiles, convinced they were authentic. Shortly after, I discovered a fraudulent charge of $75 on my credit card from Hong Kong, along with a suspicious tracking number. Concerned, I investigated further on their website and uncovered that it was a deceptive operation. They had accessed my credit card details, resulting in a total charge of $156.79. Additionally, there was an unexplained charge of $79 from Hong Kong. When checking the company’s details, I found them to be completely fabricated. There is no contact phone number, the tracking number is bogus, and the merchandise was never received. They are using the logo, description and posing as the trafficmaster merchant. According to the privacy description, which I did not notice because I thought it was a reputable company it states the following “ At www.trafficmasterstore.com , we collect: Your name and surname Your email address Your physical address Your phone number The data about the browser and device you use to view the store The way you navigate the store We gather your contact details because they are necessary to accept and process your orders, and to make sure you’ve got your packages. We gather the details of your technical equipment and on-site behavior in order to make our store more user-friendly, and to personalize our store services for you (for example, to automatically switch the store to the mobile version.) Our store works with outer companies that help us provide the best service for you, and these third parties also use some of the personal details you’re leaving. We limit the data they can access to only what is necessary for them to perform their obligations. Payment services use your credit card number, your name and surname to verify and p [BBB Scam Type: Online Purchase] [Business: Traffic Master Store] [Location:

Is it legit? I think not though... Sent from: service@paypal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder: We need your help ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear (my name here), We emailed you a little while ago to ask for your help resolving an issue with your account. What's the problem? Before we can offer you certain products and services, federal regulations require that we collect specific information to verify your identity. This information includes your name, address, date of birth, and National Tax ID or Social Security Number. We haven't been able to verify your identity using the information you provided, so we need some additional documentation from you. Until this issue is resolved, you'll be able to log in to your PayPal account but you might not be able to add money to it or use some of your account features. Case ID Number: (Just in case it is real) How you can help It's usually pretty easy to take care of things like this. Most of the time, we just need a little more information about your account or latest transactions. Please log in to your account and go to the Resolution Center to find out what you need to do. If we don't hear from you soon, we may limit what you can do with your account until the issue is resolved. Sincerely, PayPal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/helpweb?cmd=_help Security Center: https://www.paypal.com/us/security This email was sent by an automated system, so if you reply, nobody will see it. To get in touch with us, log in to your account and click "Contact Us" at the bottom of any page. Copyright © 2017 PayPal, Inc. All rights reserved. PayPal is located at 2211 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95131. PayPal Email ID PP1366 - 2f72af8a22e90

Currently Circulating Cryptocurrencies Pretty new to the scene. But, as far as I can tell, the list of current digital cryptocurrencies is as follows (Name/Abbreviation/target coin#): Bitcoin, BTC, 21 million Litecoin, LTC, 84 million Feathercoin , FTC,~4xLTC Terracoin, TRC, 42 million Peer to Peer Coin, PPC, unlimited/undertermined Namecoin, NMC,? Devcoin, DVC, ? IxCoin, IXC, 21 million Novacoin, NVC, 2 billion, but open Ven, Ven, ? , http://www.vencurrency.com/ Liquidcoin, LQC, unlimited I0coin, I0C, ? (maybe dead) Freicoin, FRC, 100 million Also: Yacoin and Chinacoin (CNC) are being sold on eBay as new "cryptocurrencies. First time I've seen them. Missing any? Thoughts on the list? Thoughts on particular currencies? Which are rising, falling, dead, dying? Should we collect them all? A few? Which ones? How would you rank them from best to worst? Right now, I just have a few BTC, LTC and PPC. Thinking about a couple others. Note: I didn't rank them in any particular order. Just how they came to mind or as I researched them.