I always pay by Credit Card for anything I need to give my number over the phone for so I have no worries. I had some chick in Utah fuck me over and sold my cc number a couple years ago after I gave it to her for a ski rental house...I called the CC company and talked to them for 15 minutes and they took the 2k in European phone card orders off my account.
No one gets my bank card # ever.
On one hand its nice when they do that. I've had a couple incidence like that. I would be happier if they told me, "I am sorry to say that the charges will still be placed against your account but we planted a couple of .45s in the culprits skull for you." It pisses me off that they don't pop more of those effers!
I know a guy that used to be a top security guy at ebay (x-military intelligence type guy). From what I remember, he resigned from ebay and talked about the blatant fraud that was occurring. It was his opinion (mine too) that they didn't want to have more protection against fraud 'cause if would reduce their overall numbers.
Around the same time he showed up at a friend's office with a broken jaw - And I mean broken (had to have bone graphs etc)!!! He said it was from falling down the stairs - I don't think so!!!
Fast forward. Anytime he was gone for any extended time, he would say he was in Utah.
The last I saw him he said he was going to Utah. About 4 weeks later we heard he died by an IED in the sandbox!

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I think I'll stick to wheeling for my adrenaline rushes!!!