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08-25-2005, 01:02 PM
#2290
Hello Mr. Bomber
Sami Habbas was sifting through his stack of mail when he noticed a credit-card offer addressed to "Palestinian Bomber."
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The Palestinian-American opened the letter that began with the salutation, "Dear Palestinian Bomber."
"I thought it was a joke or something," he said. "I'm very sad -- devastated."
Habbas telephoned JPMorgan Chase & Co., which sent the solicitation, on the company's toll-free number, provided his ZIP code and invitation number from the form and two operators addressed him the same way: "Yes, Mr. Bomber, what can we do for you?"
Habbas, 54, a grocer who has lived in the United States since he was 3 and has served in the U.S. Army, said he was shocked.
"It's very upsetting," he said. "I'm not what they are saying, a Palestinian bomber. That's uncalled for. I have a name. My name is Sami Habbas."
Chase Card Services, the Delaware-based credit card line of JPMorgan Chase & Co., is investigating the solicitation.
"The information on the letter was obtained from a list purchased by Chase from a vendor," Chase Card Services executive vice president Kelly J. Presta said in a statement. "Although no Chase employee was involved in creating this information, we are embarrassed by this incident and regret that our automatic screening procedures did not catch this erroneous information."
08-25-2005, 04:53 PM
#2293
Originally Posted by c279a
not funny.......you better not
08-25-2005, 06:44 PM
#2294
Originally Posted by hey1
in that case, how bout dinner for life crew to celebrate your over 4k posts (even though I probably can't make it)?
can't make dinner......just got home a couple of minutes ago