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[Michael Winslow Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

I just got off the phone with Yahoo regarding two $86 charges for  
"domain services", and it would appear "someone" has stolen my check  
card information :-(. According to the Yahoo rep., spammers like to  
steal credit cards and then purchase domain names (with extra email  
services) for use in their spamming activities.

Interestingly Yahoo believes it was fraudulent because the collected  
"my" birthdate from the transaction, and of course it wasn't my actual  
birthday.

The strange thing this is a new card-- I just got it a month ago, so  
there's a limited number of places where he/she could have gotten hold  
of the information. I can easily cancel this card and get another, but  
if the security breach was in someplace I buy from frequently it could  
be stolen again.

Arrgghh!

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Some try to achieve immortality by performing grand deeds or the  
accumulation of
great wealth. On the whole I prefer to achieve immortality by not  
dying. -- Pratchett
        -- michael at czeiszperger dot org, Chapel Hill, NC