From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:19:04 +0000 (UTC) Organization: MGT Consulting Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <110420122053049640%star@sky.net> Reply-To: gsm@mendelson.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.65.228.114.dynamic.barak-online.net X-Trace: max.inside.misty.com 1334215144 22290 85.65.228.114 (12 Apr 2012 07:19:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@misty.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:19:04 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-11 (Linux) Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.franciliens.net!feed.ac-versailles.fr!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news.misty.com!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.ipad:10910 comp.sys.mac.comm:814 comp.sys.mac.system:23705 ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.sys.mac.system.] Davoud wrote: > That's an incredibly kind offer, and I would surely take you up on it, > but my bank/debit card company itself notifies me every few weeks that > my card has been compromised and sends me a new card. The Israeli VISA franchisee gives you the option of setting a secret word which they include in an SMS to your cell phone every time the card is used. Each SMS is set to return dial you to customer service if the transaction was not done by you. After the recent release of Israeli credit card numbers by a "hacker", I received an email telling me to sign up for the service or they would not allow me to do online buying. I ignored it assuming it was a phishing email, and they sent me a real letter on paper through the mail. Still not 100% trusting, I went to their website and found the page, and did not type in and click on the link in the letter. I did this because the "hacker" released addresses along with credit card numbers and security codes. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 In 1969 the US could put a man on the moon, now teenagers just howl at it. :-(