Suddenly, a Credit Card Company Thinks You’re a Doctor
Posted by Cap in Credit Related on February 13, 2007 |You know how credit cards companies will often get your name wrong on solicitations?
Wrong middle initial, typo on last name, it’s Brian not Bryan dammit, etc.?
Somehow Chase thinks I’m a doctor. Perhaps putting $178,000 for annual household income on the application wouldn’t land me an income verification…
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February 13th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
You could probably land a $20k limit out of that one!
February 13th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
That’s great! I knew a girl in college who would put Dr. in front of her name just for kicks when she filled out forms online, it’s amazing how much junk mail that she got which went to Dr. Moeller…heh.
February 14th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Thanks to the Universal Life Church, I put Rev in front of my name for about a month.
Then the requests for money from various groups starting piling up in my mailbox.
My girlfriend at the time was especially miffed by the numerous pleas from the ‘St. Anne’s School for Unwed Mothers’ ;)
February 15th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
I was a Rev through the Universal Life Church too! :) I never thought of putting it on a application too…hmmm, where’s that pre-approved credit form.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:21 am
I wonder if it TECHNICALLY would be illegal to make your dog or cat a Rev/Dr (actually both!) on their credit card application? It’d be interesting to see what kind of mail THEY would get.
If someone called you on it I guess you could say you did it, as a “journalist” to expose cracks in the credit card industries security checks!
February 17th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Wow. Anything to get you to open their mail. At least they’re not trying to pull THIS on you:
http://sardonicynic.blogspot.com/2007/02/jackpot.html
February 18th, 2007 at 12:11 am
thanks, cap, for the in n out gift certificate! i had a in n out burger and thought of your generosity.
keep on blogging! :D
February 18th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
SkyeBlue
U.L.C. will ordain anyone; the founder Kirby Hensley (R.I.P.) said that all the time.
As for having your ordained cat apply for a credit card…you’re on your own!
But -THEORETICALLY- what would you put down as the S.S. number? Yours? If they did call you about it, then you could say your cat/dog was attempting identity theft? ;)
February 20th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
LOL! that was a good one. :)