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Originally Posted by RogerM
Sad to hear this, hope you get it sorted soon!
Just reinforces my view of NEVER doing any on-line banking, of any nature, at all. Ok I have a paypal account but only use that with small payments and to receive money but it never gets left in there.
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Thats a very blinkered view to be honest, and while its your choice, online banking is the future, and eventually you'll be dragged kicking and screaming into it, like it or not.
Think of everything online like sex. You wouldnt end up in bed with someone you've just met and not use precautions, same as you wouldnt wander onto a website you've never been on without the appropriate safeguards.
Use an internet condom and everything is fine 99% of the time, but sometimes hackers do things to normal sites which allows information to be stolen. I guess my analogy would progress to the splitting of your internet condom at this point... so even that isnt guaranteed. Nothing in life is 100% safe, so managing the risk is the real skill.