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Last Weeks's Survey Results & Comments (07/27/01)
~~~ Are you concerned about identity theft online? ~~~
yes 81%
no 19%
Comments:
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No. This is a funny thing to me. I hear about so many
people being super scared to give out their SS#. Well folks,
I can get your SS# for 50 cents. Give me a name and address
and about 90% of the time I can get the number.
We are so worried about putting our credit card number on
the net, but we will give the card to a waiter or waitress and
they take it out of our sight for 10 minutes. They could do
who knows what with the CC number. I once had a person
tell me that her lawyer said that she should never fax a copy
of her check to anyone (checks by fax) because then that
person (me) would have her account info and could write
a check out for thousands of dollars. I told her to just send
it to me then and she said that was OK. Then I asked her
to tell me what the difference was between the original check
and a fax copy. I told her to ask her lawyer that too.
Never
heard back from her.
The bottom line is that if a crook wants to get your info, it is
available in many places. Have a good day.
-- Terry
http://mysiteinc.com/tfn/lfi.html
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Yes. I believe that the risk is out there but minimal. However,
we can cut those risks by a few simple precautions. Most
importantly, never give any personal information at a site
that is not secure, always look for the lock in thetask bar
or a Veri secure sign or others.
Also, never leave your information stored at a site. I put
in my credit information in each time instead of having
an account in standing, a little more time but less risks
involved! Of course, I mostly shop at my own Internet
mall and I know how safe it is there, credit card info is
deleted in a matter of seconds. Overall, I believe the web
to be a safe and very fruitful new frontier!
-- Catherine F. http://www.catco.nexgenmall.com
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Yes. I had phenomena for 6 weeks and did not realize that
my ISP was shut down at the same time because the owner
was in a bad car accident. I had a full service account.
My Internic fees were not paid so my WEB Address
went unprotected. A Russian stepped in; paid the fees;
and, promptly assigned my www.SchoolOfGeomatics.com
address to a porn shop. Thus, I lost 4 years of building
up 1st place rankings on 12 Search Engines and 2nd place
on 8 more. This set me back about 4 months: I believe I
lost a minimum of $50,000.
I have also been hit with viruses about 10 times. The first
time I lost almost 4 months of work. Now, I back up often
enough to not to lose so much time. This is also Internet
theft. These people are nothing but out and out criminals
and should spend years behind bars.
Customers are well protected from credit card theft;
however, merchants can lose a lot of money. I sell only by
purchase order and certified or registered company checks.
-- Peter S. http://www.GSSGeomatics.com
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JULY WINNER ANNOUNCED!
And the July 'One-Question Survey' WINNER is...
John Stitzel
- oldstitz@yahoo.com
Congratulations John!
