It seems more common for a fraud to be committed across an ocean, as
tracking the person down or going after him is much more difficult. If
someone hacks into a major computer (as happened here in the US a few weeks
ago, the story I read said the hacker had access to 40 million cc numbers)
all bets are off. Everyone is exposed when that happens. Sure, there are
tons of crooks in the US, people should be scrutinizing their cc statements
closely.
I've already changed my site. For now, atleast, I won't even take a scanned
credit card for outside the US shipments (unless the customer has a past
history with me. ) Now it's bank check only.
One guy from way outside the US wrote me and said he wanted me to supply his
"store" with E-20s. He needed 4 right away. Sure, send a Bank check.
Never heard from him again, and THAT'S okay.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) Stolen E-20N
On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 15:04:29 -0500, "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Those customers
>will now have to scan both sides of their credit card with a good quality
>flatbed and send me a fully legible jpeg of both sides of the card. The
name
>on the card MUST be the same as the person buying or you can forget it!
Having once been the victim of a very nasty credit card scam emanating
from the USA, I would be very wary indeed about scanning my card and
sending it to anyone via open email. I know, from many years of his
contributions to this forum, John H is a great guy: I admire him
tremendously and his own honesty is beyond question, but what's to
stop my card details from getting into the wrong hands?
Are there no crooks in the US and Canada anyway? My experience
suggests there are. Once bitten, many times shy.
John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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