Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: John Higdon Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Stealing ATM PINS Message-ID: <12511@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 24 Sep 90 02:20:39 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 672, Message 9 of 10 On Sep 23 at 17:39, Isaac Rabinovitch writes: > But it > occurs to me that somebody who knows your PIN can authorize a lot of > heavy-duty funds transfers. Only if there are heavy-duty funds to transfer. Also, I know of no place an ATM card (BTW, where does someone who has your PIN get a duplicate card?) can transact large amounts in one transaction. CASH ATMs have a small limit, and how much gas CAN you pump into your RoadHogster. As far as "transfering" money goes, it can only be done between accounts under the control of the card holder. And if it goes into a merchant account, how much trouble would it take to figure out who was up to something? Sorry, I don't consider this a real problem. Has it ever happened? I've never heard of a case. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !