> JPM wrote
> We await Viking's enlightenment!
Jeesh... I was away from the computer for a few hours, and you're already
impatiently calling for my reply? I usually do keep a close eye on this
list, but I do have a life other than computers & e-gold. At least, I try
to pretend that I do. :)
> What the hell does CYA stand for again?
Cover Your Ass seems to be a nice working definition for that TLA.
> Eric wrote
> If my company, Gaithmans, issues an outexchange request, then a scammer trys
> to claim he is me or my company and reroute the funds, does this mean that
> Omnipay will turn my funds over to an escrow account?
If some scammer knew exactly when you did an OutExchange to Omnipay and
then pulled off a grand indentity theft; of which you quickly found out
about and re-asserted who you were, then probably yes. They probably
would put the funds into escrow. How would you get them out? Provide hard
validation (i.e. legal paper documents) of who you are.
The problem wasn't that different people at Costa Gold were trying to get
a check sent to different places. The problem was some people were trying
to get money sent somewhere while other people were trying to get the
order cancelled, and the gold put back into the account, while others were
complaining that they had had an internal security breach.
> Why did someone at Omnipay even bother to listen to the second request if the
> first request had proper account passwords?
One thing a lot of people seem to forget, or simply disregard, is the fact
that e-gold ltd. and Omnipay are two completely separate companies. They
have different, distinct user agreements. (Yes, I know that they are both
owned by the same people.)
The CYA manuever on Omnipay's part was to put the disputed funds into
escrow. Would you want to be held responsible for giving >$1 million to
the wrong person and then getting sued by the right person? This was
completely within Omnipay's user agreement. e-gold ltd. upheld their user
agreement and transfered the gold without question to Omnipay's account.
Omnipay then received multiple conflicting instructions on what to do with
the gold. So they decided to sit and wait until everybody has decided on 1
clear instruction. All that Costa Gold has to do to claim the gold is
prove who they are to Omnipay, and then give that instruction.
This was never an e-gold issue. As I said above, e-gold transfered said
gold without narry a thought to the contrary.
Viking Coder
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