Tom, thank you for the great suggestions. Sum ergo cogito - I am therefore I think... On Sep 20, 2010, at 3:00 PM, "Tom Krakauer" <tkrakauer@mindspring.com> wrote: > I had someone get a hold of a credit card number and change the address to Portland Oregon. When they were not able to supply my mother's maiden name, the account was blocked without damage. > > The information about dob and mother's birth name is too readily available, so I want to be more defensive. > Four suggestions. > > Create a new Mother's Maiden Name. > > And or: set up a password on the credit card (this is not the internet access password). > > Set up the card so that there can be no new cardholders added > > Set up the account so that the address cannot be changed. > > Maybe you are way ahead of me, but just a thought. > > Tom > > > Thomas Krakauer > 128 White Horse Run > Bahama, NC 27503 > tkrakauer@mindspring.com > > > > > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.ncgenweb.us/dogsnc/ > > To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message