FRAUD Alert!

[Art]

Dolf,

Exactly. First, no company worth their weight will ever ask for confidential information through email. It just isn't a secure method of communication without using encrytion technology. A real company will always have you submit this information on a secure website or by telephone. The next step is making sure that both the above are who they say they are. This can be done by either finding the secure page on the company website yourself, or contacting them via email. I don't even open email asking for confidential information. If they want it, they have to satisfy me that they are who they say they are.

Unfortunately this leaves the average internet user scratching their heads. You'd think with all the billions of dollars Bill Gates has he could come up with a secure way of eliminating this which would be virtually transparent to the end-user.

Art