Good point Mark. I sometimes advise people to have a second debit card, just for online transactions.
That way, you only load up when you need to transact. Transfers between the primary account and the second 'online' account can be made easier and quick if your bank has online banking. A bit of a hustle but it saves you the loss. Online fraud is becoming a source of livelihood for more and more people, just gotta play safe. Kind regards, Bernard On 26/03/2010, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday 26 March 2010 09:28:54 pm Mike Barnard wrote: > >> nothing... but that they would correct it and advised to >> change my pin number.. bottom line... I don't think >> using Ubuntu will save you from online fraud. It takes >> one small mistake for your details to be stolen and used > > You probably want to be careful with debit cards, as they > have a direct line to your bank account. > > Credit cards can be safer when shopping in various places as > Fraud or Risk departments will call to confirm purchases if > they appear to be different from your regular pattern. Debit > cards may not enjoy this feature (although they are > restricted to your daily limit - not exactly a "sleep well > at night" attribute). > > Mark. > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
