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Re: Paypal asking for ID cards now.

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:07:58 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>____/ Big Bill on Sunday 23 December 2007 23:21 : \____
>
>> I've just had my Paypal account suspended as I have to re-confirm my
>> identity in line with EU money-laundering rules. Like, so much goes
>> through my account! Fucking stupidity. The reality though is
>> different. They insist on seeing a passport (don't have one) a driving
>> license (don't have one) and most disconcertingly, they insist on
>> seeing my ID card. I'm British, we don't have them! I know they're
>> talking about bringing them in but I don't believe anyone actually has
>> one yet. This seems political to me. Anyone else had problems?
>> 
>> BB
>
>Whenever I open a PP account, it gets terminated (expired) for being too idle.
>It has become so much of a nuisance that it's barely worth the effort unless
>you make many transactions.
>
>Poor software security (indpendent from eBay) is one of the things that kill
>PP. Those services, just like online banking, assume that the user controls
>his/her own machine. In reality, most PCs are affected by some form of malware
>and about a third are controlled partly by a criminal (i.e. zombie).
>
>Botnets made the Net chaotic and phishing too relies on them (brute force), not
>to mention cybercrime (proxies make the criminals less traceable).

Not to worry, I got it back anyway.

BB
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