Someone share their bank account info and routing codes with me and see if "I" get caught... :P
Billionaires only need apply!!!! None of you IT folk here qualify... On Jan 8, 2008 12:43 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He's a total idiot. If I was under 18 again, *I* would have cleaned him > out. > > > On Jan 8, 2008 3:32 PM, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > He's an a$$h4t. He got lucky... If someone really wanted to, they > > could have cleaned him out... It's absolutely stupid to provide that kind > > of information in a public forum and NOT expect to get exploited... > > > > He's an Idiot > > > > On Jan 8, 2008 12:28 PM, Graeme Carstairs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > What this proves is that the Direct Debit scheme in the UK is flawed. > > > > > > You used to have to sign a form to declare you wanted the Direct Debit > > > set up. > > > > > > Now you just need bank account details. > > > > > > Though he will get his money back instantly as the direct debit scheme > > > is fully guaranteed and any miss or fraudulent payment is covered. > > > > > > Also his claims that there is nothing the bank can do under the data > > > protection act is correct the police. can investigate who setup the > > > payment > > > as part of a criminal investigation. > > > > > > His details are out there as he said before he published them, and it > > > was open to anyone to use. > > > > > > Though he may come across as pompous and arrogant Clarkson is one of > > > the best presenters on TV. > > > > > > I dont think he should need to say sorry because he made a mistake, as > > > he was correct, no one has stolen his money, he will get it back instantly > > > as it was a fraudulent DD charge. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 8, 2008 5:57 PM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > He's a useful idiot, in this case. > > > > > > > > He's provided his audience with proof positive that losing control > > > > of > > > > your PII is a *bad* thing. > > > > > > > > Heh. > > > > > > > > On Jan 8, 2008 8:06 AM, Don Ely < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I gathered that from reading the article... again I say; Idiot > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 8, 2008 8:00 AM, James Rankin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw that yesterday and laughed my ass off. For non-Brits > > > > unfamiliar with > > > > > Jeremy Clarkson, he is supremely arrogant and self-assured, which > > > > makes it > > > > > all the more funny. > > > > > > > > > > > > I still love watching him on Top Gear though.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 08/01/2008, Kurt Buff < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > > > > From: InfoSec News < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Date: Jan 8, 2008 12:02 AM > > > > > > > Subject: [ISN] Clarkson stung after bank prank > > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 7 January 2008 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has lost money after publishing > > > > his bank > > > > > > > details in his newspaper column. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Top Gear host revealed his account numbers after > > > > rubbishing the > > > > > > > furore over the loss of 25 million people's personal details > > > > on two > > > > > > > computer discs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > He wanted to prove the story was a fuss about nothing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But Clarkson admitted he was "wrong" after he discovered a > > > > reader had > > > > > > > used the details to create a 500 direct debit to the charity > > > > Diabetes > > > > > > > UK. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Clarkson published details of his Barclays account in the Sun > > > > newspaper, > > > > > > > including his account number and sort code. He even told > > > > people how to > > > > > > > find out his address. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "All you'll be able to do with them is put money into my > > > > account. Not > > > > > > > take it out. Honestly, I've never known such a palaver about > > > > nothing," > > > > > > > he told readers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But he was proved wrong, as the 47-year-old wrote in his > > > > Sunday Times > > > > > > > column. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "I opened my bank statement this morning to find out that > > > > someone has > > > > > > > set up a direct debit which automatically takes 500 from my > > > > account," he > > > > > > > said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The bank cannot find out who did this because of the Data > > > > Protection > > > > > > > Act and they cannot stop it from happening again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "I was wrong and I have been punished for my mistake." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Police were called in to search for the two discs, which > > > > contained the > > > > > > > entire database of child benefit claimants and apparently got > > > > lost in > > > > > > > the post in October 2007. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They were posted from HM Revenue and Customs offices in Tyne > > > > and Wear, > > > > > > > but never turned up at their destination - the National Audit > > > > Office. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The loss, which led to an apology from Prime Minister Gordon > > > > Brown, > > > > > > > created fears of identity fraud. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Clarkson now says of the case: "Contrary to what I said at the > > > > time, we > > > > > > > must go after the idiots who lost the discs and stick cocktail > > > > sticks in > > > > > > > their eyes until they beg for mercy." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Visit InfoSec News > > > > > > > http://www.infosecnews.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! > > > > ~ > > > > > > > ~ < http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> > > > > ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > James Rankin > > > > > > Tel: +44 7902 193912 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm > ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "Good News Everyone, you just received an e-mail from me." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ME2 > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
