There is a similar "negligence" when sending the same information to a stranger via email, don't you think? The point that some have made is that there's nothing anyone can do with your bank account info, or that it's "almost perfectly safe" to give the info out. If it is so safe, why not post it here? Because you KNOW it's not that safe, and what you're counting on is that the single person to which you've given the info, such as Mark's eBay buyer, is going to be honest and will be looking out for your interests as well as his or hers. Just casting it out there, such as posting it on a mailing list, increases your chances that someone dishonest will get the information, but sending it to one person does not negate the chance that she or he will be dishonest.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Kostas Kavoussanakis > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Let me ask you this: If you feel that such transactions are so safe, would > > you be willing to send me information about your bank account over the > > internet and see what I can do with it? Why not just post it to the list > > in a message and see what happens? > > Because then I am acting negligibly and have, deservedly, no > come-back. > > Kostas
