well , i can not leave it to trow in a final agrument about safety ( thats where ever1 is complaning about right .. chargebacks and security ??)
Virus teistert online bankieren
brussel Een schadelijk virus teistert al enkele dagen het internetbankieren van enkele Belgische banken. Het gaat om Dexia, ING, KBC en BNP Paribas Fortis. Klanten krijgen tijdens het internetbankieren een ongewone pop-up te zien die hen vraagt een overschrijving te bevestigen, waarmee ze eigenlijk geld op een rekening van de criminelen zetten. Alleen bij Dexia en ING werden enkele klanten het slachtoffer van de fraude, en blijft het verloren bedrag vrij beperkt. Bij BNP Paribas Fortis en KBC liepen de jongste weken wel meldingen binnen van onregelmatigheden tijdens het internetbankieren, maar werden er geen klanten getroffen. Pamela Renders, woordvoerster van de federatie van de financiële sector Febelfin, benadrukt dat het de computer van de klanten is die wordt aangevallen, en niet het systeem van de banken. Ook moeten klanten hun computers voldoende beveiligen.n
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http://www.metrotime.be/digipaperArticlenl.html?storyId=44144691i know that the text is in dutch and that it goes about belguim this time
but it show my point to that it is not even safe to use online banking
for the users who can not read dutch
they just say that there was a infection that infected online banking , so when the user is completing the transfer they get a strange popup that ask for conformation
as soon you confirm it then it get sended to the criminal there bank account
ofcourse this has nothing to do with paypal or with bitcoin
but it just shows that how secure you think that something is , that it isnt always that secure as it seems
and that 1 way transfers are not realy the best solution
1 way transfers are fun for the seller , but a security risk for the buyer ( do he realy get his items he buy ?? )
2 way transfers are more risky for sellers and definaly a lot of fun for the buyers (if he doesnt give me the items .. then i just take my money back )
so both things got there good and bad sides
but the problem stays the same , it is just as easy to scam some1 or to get scammed
as seller or as buyer ... depends how you take care of the things and how you make the deal
the only thing that realy helps to prevent from scamming is to secure and trust the trade
so if it is a real life friend , or you find some info about that user ? or you find not direcly something that doesnt make it looks strange then it is already safer to start the trade
if you do not trust some1 then you can better not trade ... but you need to start somewhere ofcourse
hopely this post can clear up the useless comments about the safety and the rubish about paypal .. bank transfer , moneybookers .. bitcoins .. and all other trading currency's
to get to the point
money/trading = risky
risky = fraude
fraude = humanity
humanity = welcome to our world
our world = cyberworld
cyberworld = future
future = more fraude/scamming
more fraude/scamming = more security
more security = more money/trading
more trading/money = risky ...
Greets From PowerChaos