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Old 08-08-2008   #21 (permalink)
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Re: Do You Trust The Link?

dunno, moon seems really pissed, sound pretty real...


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Really!?

Is this a fictional scenario or did this really happen?
Unfortunately it's real, I had checks bouncing all over hell and creation. I got the money back but bounced checks have a way of going on forever! My land lord didn't think it was funny either.


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Sorry to hear that. My dad had his identity stolen years ago and his credit has never recovered.

How long ago did this happen? Have you taken the appropriate measures?


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Sorry to hear that. My dad had his identity stolen years ago and his credit has never recovered.

How long ago did this happen? Have you taken the appropriate measures?
I found it a few days ago, the actual removal of money occurred last Saturday. My bank is supposed to take care of it but I have ordered new debit cards and new pin numbers and all that stuff. The bank says they will take care of it but i am still monitoring the situation on a daily basis to make sure no unauthorized debits occur on my account. Not much money there to start with so not much chance of any one really getting rich off me.


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Have you cleaned your computer thoroughly?
I would be paranoid if that happened, checking port activity, remote scanning, the works...


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Have you cleaned your computer thoroughly?
I would be paranoid if that happened, checking port activity, remote scanning, the works...

Believe it or not I don't keep any financial info on my computer. the bank says the hacking took place at a remote location from a business that i had bought something at with my debit card. If the news is to be believed it was probably Barns and Nobel. I have dial up and I don't leave my computer on line unattended. I did run bot and virus checks for all the good that will do me.


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unfortunately it is more oftenly then not a problem at a database level of a company that one has dealt with (directly or inderectly).

You hear about records being stolen all the time, BigY i think just had a few dozen thousand records stolen, and you hear about this stuff on almost a monthly basis... more often then not, the data leaves a location that is not well secured, outside of anyone's reach, and people at fault are employees of that company, because they opened a bad link, or they got socially engineered to give up some data, or neglected to update some server, and next thing, shazaam, people get screwed. There are thousands of credit card numbers and names and ssns being traded on the black market every day... they get them from somewhere

it is sad, and unfortunate that these things happen, and that is why i try to educate you guys, about problems that while seemingly unimportant, may cause a big deal of damage...


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unfortunately it is more oftenly then not a problem at a database level of a company that one has dealt with (directly or inderectly).

You hear about records being stolen all the time, BigY i think just had a few dozen thousand records stolen, and you hear about this stuff on almost a monthly basis... more often then not, the data leaves a location that is not well secured, outside of anyone's reach, and people at fault are employees of that company, because they opened a bad link, or they got socially engineered to give up some data, or neglected to update some server, and next thing, shazaam, people get screwed. There are thousands of credit card numbers and names and ssns being traded on the black market every day... they get them from somewhere

it is sad, and unfortunate that these things happen, and that is why i try to educate you guys, about problems that while seemingly unimportant, may cause a big deal of damage...
I have a real problem with people who steal and or lie to take advantage of someone. I am a very trusting person and I like being able to trust people. Some one who takes advantage of some one and takes from them is a low life in my book. I have always lived by the rule , if it's not yours leave it alone!


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I agree with you completely, however (and you really dont want to get me started on this) corruption in our society, the unscrupulousness of some people, the view of others being their own and capitalistic black whole of our current society have seemed to leave good people, right people that live by good principals, hurt. It's unfair to steal the last dollar from a starving child, but in the eyes of a cracker, all is a fair game...


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