for the (pretty) new word files...

[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Laurence Horn wrote:

> There are 110 Nexis hits for "pretexting", of which 100 are from
> 2006.  The first is 2001, though.

Here is the earliest I find on Nexis:

1999 _L.A. Times_ 23 Apr. [article beginning on page C1] (Nexis)
The suit accuses Denver-based Touch Tone Information Inc. of "pretexting,"
or having employees pose as bank customers in a ruse to obtain account
balances and other personal data.

Fred Shapiro


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