There are six possible avenues for someone listed on this message.  Another
obvious one that is frequently overlooked, is: did someone from your home
actually place that original order using some bogus information as the user.
I am not trying to be insulting, but I have a friend that a similiar thing
happened to, and it turned out to be his 14 year old son [got kids? ] that
had given out the cc information and set up an account with a bogus name.

Just a thought.

Mike Buraczewski
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Bowen - Information Services - SUNY Farmingdale
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Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] How can someone get credit card information?


>>Despite the care I've taken over the years to prevent getting credit or
>>other personal information stolen on BBSs and over the Internet, somehow
>>someone got my checking account debit card number and my name and was able
>>to open a membership on a pornographic Web site.
>
>You are assuming that someone actually stole it over the internet.  There
>are at least 6 other avenues that I can think of for getting a hold of
>credit card information.
>
>1. Someone at the credit card company.
>2. Someone at any store you have shopped at.
>3. Someone at your ISP.
>4. Do you have a Cell-Phone? - Someone at the Cellular Phone company - or
>store where it was sold.
>5. Do you use pay-at-the-pump at the gas station, and maybe forgot your
>receipt in the pump?
>6. Do you ever get reimbursed for things you buy for your job?  Do they get
>the receipt with the credit card # at the bottom.

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