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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:10:55
Marc J. Mims (mmims@mindspring.com)
Wed, 05 Aug 1998 18:21:22 -0700
At 09:21 AM 8/6/98 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi again,
>Are we all sure this is not a bank misinformation campaign.
>If the pin is not on the card why do the bank need the card back to
>change it.
>A friend had his pin changed to one of his own choice and they put the
>card in a
>stand-alone reader/writer machine. This was only connected to 240V power
>and I don't think these banks are up with AC line modems yet, so their
>computers don't know of the change.
>That explains why the bank say your pin is so secure even they don't
>know what it is.
>Can anyone else relate to this experience.
>I know my girlfriend can.
>She lost $1000 from an ATM after someone stole her debit/credit card
>with only 3 possible explanations.
>1. inside bank job
>2. shoulder surfer got the pin, then stole the card
>3. smart crim stole the card and decyphered the pin
4. criminal has one of those PIN writing machines the bank has
???
-Marc
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:10:55