"Whatever you have to do to not lose your mind, man.
We used to have debt collectors trying to reach a "Samantha Cox" that rented an apartment I used to live in."
"likely reasons for this are:
- make sure you don't owe them money from before.
- check that you have good credit (not likely IMHO).
- they need this information as a last-ditch resort to protect your account should someone try to gain access to it through the "forgot my password" type of means.
- since this is telecom, could be for something as crazy as ensuring that you are a legal resident of the United States."
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