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Re: security and online brokerage accounts
Old 11-06-2005, 09:24 AM   #11
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
 
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Originally Posted by Martha
The article says the thieves had the broker wire the proceeds to a phony account in the owner's name at Wells Fargo.*
This sounds like a case of stolen identity. I guess its possible that with all the info on ones computer, the hackers could have stolen enough to allow them to open a phony bank account too. Pretty scary stuff.
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