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Old 20-10-2011, 09:27 AM
echinosum echinosum is offline
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Originally Posted by harry View Post
There is a fool proof method of dealing with all this.
Conduct NO business of any sort on the internet.
Burn all paperwork, throw nothing out with personal details.
Keep nothing on any computer linked to the internet related to money,
personal details
There is a foolproof method of losing money to muggers: never walk down the street with money or cards in your pocket.

But you probably need to buy stuff. You can't buy stuff without putting yourself to some degree of risk of loss to fraud or violence. The issue is to reduce the risk to tolerable levels. If you refuse to transact in the e-commerce market, you are missing a lot of valuable economic opportunities.