[X4U] re recent thread on paypal phishing emails

[Ronald Steinke]

On Mar 18, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Ralph wrote:

> Unscrupulous people working in establishments that process credit  
> cards manually (a hardware store or a restaurant, for example), just  
> have to pocket a carbon

If the carbon is being requested or demanded  by the card owner, there  
are devices that can be used to scan the card while it is out of sight  
and the information can be read and duplicated later by the thief.

Watch out for technology, it isn't always going to work for your good.