Excellent advice about the debit card. I use mine ONLY at a branch of my bank--nowhere else, and certainly never online.

I use Paypal, but the purchases are billed to one of my credit cards for safety.

I'm not trying to blame anyone about this, but shortly after I bought a BIAB update over the phone a few years ago, an $11,000.00 charge was made to my Amex business card for a Canadian football [soccer] camp. 11k bucks is WAY outside my usual buying habits, so the card folks called me and let me know to confirm, which I did not. They began an investigation and issued me a new card. I find that using a safe online service is safer than talking to a person. And, as I said, I always use a credit card.

It's amazing and very sad to see how many online crooks there are out there.

Eternal vigilance is required.


Fire, the wheel, and the I IV V -- foundations of civilization.