<p>I got a call from the above phone number. A girl, indicating she was a student from the university (she never even specified Berkeley), asked me whether I was planning to graduate this semester. (I have senior standing, but I don't intend to graduate until Spring 2009).</p>
<p>Bombarded by the confusing situation, I said, "no."</p>
<p>I also explained that I have senior standing only. And then she assumed I was graduating next year and she didn't even considered I could be graduating next fall.</p>
<p>I pressed her for information about who she was and from which department she was calling. She said only that she was a student and she was calling from what she called "senior graduating..." (I can't recall the actual phrase she used). I asked her to be more specific, but she just decided to hang up.</p>
<p>That was weird. I googled the phone number afterwards. It turns out it is listed in a directory of unknown caller (possibly a solicitor). I tried to call back, but the phone line was perpetually busy.</p>
<p>Do you think I should be worried that I gave away some of my personal information (my date of graduation)? Note: Normally, I wouldn't answer the phone, but I thought my lab partner (who was newly assigned to me and whose phone number I have yet to memorize) was calling. Whoops.</p>
<p>i wouldnt be too worry. If it helps you feel any better, a random stranger on fb was interested in my ipod. The whole thing began feeling fishy when |I told him I sold everything, and he still insisted he's sending the check from his company, and he wouldnt specify his address. Seemed like some sort of soliciting spam. I gave him my address and my cell because he originally agreed on my asking price, only to become unresponsive when I confronted him with his weird emails. Im not too worried though, a check for $2000 came instead of 200 under a different name, but its his ups tracking #. He asked me to keep $1g and send him the rest via Western union transfer with all these instructions. I just ignore his emails now.</p>
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a check for $2000 came instead of 200 under a different name, but its his ups tracking #. He asked me to keep $1g and send him the rest via Western union transfer with all these instructions. I just ignore his emails now.
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<p>good thing you ignored him, just think of this scenario, he gave you a hot check, which means there's no money in his account to cover it, then you send him $1,000, he took it & immediately closes his account. You're left with a bounced check from him that's worthless, & you're out $1,000.</p>
<p>In my college days, our professor warned us of a scam that involved one of his students trying to get cash from an ATM & was approached by a stranger who claimed there was something wrong with his ATM card. The stranger offered his student a check in exchange for cash from the student's account, to compensate for the student's inconvenience, the stranger gave the student a check in an amt much greater than the cash drawn. The student took the bait & lost his money..</p>
<p>In your case, we don't know for sure if it's a scam or not, to find out, you can call the bank's customer service dept to verify funds in the account. If they say "insufficient" or "account closed" you know you're wise to stay away.</p>