Bank of America, can I help you?
Customer: Yes, I want to cancel my account. I don’t want to do business with you any longer.
The Bank: Why?
Customer: You’re giving credit to illegal immigrants and I don’t think it’s right. I’m taking my business elsewhere.
The Bank: Well, Mr. Customer, we don’t want to see you do that, but we can’t stop you. I’ll help you close the account. What is your account number?
Customer: (gives account number)
The Bank: For security purposes and for your protection, can you please give me the last four digits of your social security number?
Customer: No?
The Bank: Mr. Customer, I need to verify your information, but in order to help you, I’ll need verification of who you are..
Customer: Why should I give you my social security number? The reason I’m closing my account is that your bank is issuing credit cards to illegal immigrants who don’t have social security numbers. You are targeting that audience and want their business. Let’s say I’m an illegal immigrant and you’ve given me a credit card. I have a question about it and call for assistance. You wouldn’t be asking me for a Social Security number, would you?
The Bank: No sir, I wouldn’t.
Customer: Why not?
The Bank: Because you would have pressed ‘2′ to speak in Spanish. We don’t ask for that information when calling in on the Spanish line.
If it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, then forward it to every human in the country including every representative in Washington , DC four times a week for a month.
Provided “snopes” for doubters:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/bankofamerica.asp
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Problem with your half truth logic is that while you use Snopes to point out they have a manner in which to access it, you utilize a phone line half and half (creating sensationalism through ignorance of language) to bandwagon your storyline support.
Were it so blanket, millions of English speaking account holders would be outraged someone could through identity theft access their account without even needing to figure out their social simply by speaking Spanish.
Bank of America needs to be punished for their practice of assisting illegals, harshly and swiftly! Creating a falsehood that supports fictitious information simply hurts the cause.
- Dave