Re: ID theft

Yeah, me too Daryl. I've been paying my bills that way for at least 10 years. But it has some draw backs. When I went to register my truck and get a new driver's license in Oregon I had to scramble to find two paper checks because DMV doesn't honor plastic. 


On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Daryl wrote:
Actually, according to our consumer guru, Clark Howard, you're more likely to become a victim of identity theft (or bank fraud or credit card theft) by using a paper check or at a local restaurant/ establishment/whatever that uses the old-fashioned credit-card machine. 

I've been buying on-line for at least 10 years.

d

----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] ID theft
oh dear. and that's why I don't do on line banking - too hackable (is that 
a word?)

On 11/18/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:


Nice.....


On 11/18/09, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
> Good thing the bank was suspicious and caught it quickly!
> We had an issue once, suddenly we started getting weird charges to our 
> checking account. We didn't realize that criminals could make fake
checks,
> without even our names on them, and the bank would cash it as long as > it 
had a
> valid account number. So we closed the account, opened a new one, did > the > whole police thing and got reimbursed. All was well for a couple weeks 
and
> then it started up again. What the @%#, we thought, we closed that
account!
> Well as it turns out our credit union was being "helpful". They got the 
bogus
> checks coming in on a closed account, they looked up the account number 
and
> noticed we had opened a new one - and they charged the new account! And 
that's
> why we don't use the credit union now...
>
> Cyndi
>
>
>
> From: james singer
> Sent: Wed 11/18/2009 9:46 AM
> To: Garden Chat
> Subject: [CHAT] ID theft
>
>
> Well, it happened again. Somebody in Texas, the bank said, wanted to > share my credit cards. The bank caught them in the process and shut > down all my credit/check cards, and deleted my on-line banking ID and > password. So I got to spend 3-4 hours on the phone straightening that 
> out.
>
> Inland Jim
> Willamette Valley
>
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zone 8A

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