Drsolly wrote: > I sent my bank a fax to tell them about my change of address. They sent a > fax back, asking me to phone them. The lady I spoke to, said that they > couldn't do it from a fax, they needed an email. I asked why; she said > that it was so they could be sure it came from me. > > Apparently, anyone can send an fax, but if an email has me in the > from-line, that proves it came from me.
I used to work for a bank. I can tell you, that is absolutely nothing. > > And this is a bank. > > And we wonder why there's fraud ... > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > -- Rob +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | _ | | ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) | | - against HTML email X | | / \ | | | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
