Just found out my future son in law is a victim of identity theft

[lost-in-nj]

he has a cc with a 10K limit

some one planned a 6K vacation on his card......

the CC company told him it was probably pay pal.....


be careful.......


lost

[asthmaticeog]

1. So wait, are you SURE it's really your future son-in-law then?

[lost-in-nj]

2. ....

:spank: :spank: :spank:

I hope so
I love him to death....



lost

[SPKrazy]

3. damn

that sucks

pay pal

wonder if he got phished?

pay pal is supposed to be pretty well secured

but goes to show you that nothing is safe...

:hug:

[Critters2]

5. I have two parishioners who've been phished through PayPal

That means, statistically, it's gotta happen A LOT. I've stopped using it, and closed out the cc account I used on it. If I make any kind of purchase, it's a one time usage--not an ongoing account, like PayPal.

[SPKrazy]

6. the only time i use it

is to donate on du

but damn

i may change my method of donation

:shrug:

[Critters2]

7. I just do a one time gift, and when it asks if I want to use paypal,

I just choose to use my credit card directly. I know the account number is still out there in cyberspace somewhere, but it isn't automatically entered into an account page, as with paypal. I have a parishioner--a really nice, retired railroad worker--lose $7500 thanks to PayPal phishing. His bank (the card issuer) was really helpful, but it was hell for him. I closed my PayPal account after that.

[Deja Q]

4. Definitely damn.

:(

Phishing is the worst and some of those sites are very cagily made...

Of course, if a server gets hacked then it's all over; but the banks' and stores' security people would be fired, to say the least, if that were to occur.