We are so polite! When a clerk asks for our zip code we just smile and say oh, 83705. Why? If the Veterans Administration can’t protect the Vets Social Security number list, why would anyone think that Burlington Coat Factory “is just going to use it to locate our next store.†Huh? This is a data mining scam and a scary one at that. With a name, credit card number and zip code just about any of your other personal info can be detrimined. As a wise woman once said, "just because I'm parinoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get me."
When they ask me? I grin and say 90210. Most checkers just fire it in. A few others savvy enough to get the joke smile. My favorite are the ones that are miffed and try to argue.
Here are a few other good zips. North Pole, Alaska 99705 ATHOL, ID 83801 ASSAWOMAN, VA 23302 NO NAME, CO 81601 UNCERTAIN, TX 75661
Hopefully some clerk looking at the data someday will know they have been duped.