Just thought I'd pass on another word of wisdom. In 2005 I was a victim of indentity theft. Somebody was buying jewelry online with my credit card and using P*yp#l.

About that time, a senior and respected Mudcatter commented that most such cases of fraud are down to an employee. I thought back over my troubles and said to myself. "That makes sense. I bet this theft started inside P%yp@l." Couldn't prove it. I'm just saying it seemed to make sense, though I can't remember the details after all this time.

I think we can be leery of the diabolical teenagers who dwell in concrete-block basements, live on Cheezits and hack the most sophisticated systems with their incredible powers. As that 'catter said, employees, with the inside track, are the logical people to look to for identify theft.

(I cancelled my P@p*l account, a tortuous process. Later I set up a new account which draws on a little-bitty savings account at my bank. No connection to my credit card.)

So when the surly rep pretended not to understand what I wanted and kept demanding more and more info from me, alarm bells went off.

I'm still looking for a company that acts like a normal American business.
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Q, read Dave MacKenzie's post.