Ka-Ping Yee wrote:

> You've got to admit, these problems are much more severe online.  The
> cost to impersonate a website is currently very, very low -- it can
> even be machine-automated.

He was implying that it doesn't or very very rarely happens in real
life, however there are plenty of examples with phone card companies,
and with mail order companies (especially camera companies in NY state),
to name a few, so this is really nothing new, perhaps a little easier
online, but not much...

-- 

Best regards,
 Duane

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