"Secured" online shopping
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Found the blog post[^] I saw the other day. Limited to digital goods; but looks completely elephanted up...
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Saw some people complaining about, and completely misunderstanding, this last week. IIRC you now have to charge VAT at the rate of the country where the consumer is rather than where the producer is. It is part of the question as to which country online transactions take place in, the sort of thing that allows Amazon to avoid tax be claiming that they are only a delivery service in every country apart from one with the most generous tax rates which is where they claim to actually do all their selling.
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So I bought my parents a Christmas gift online last Friday, on a French website, and, to my surprise, got an email a few minutes after I had ordered, from an obscure Saveguard company, stating that I needed to send a copy of my ID card (both sides) as well as an electricity bill (for instance) , at best per snail mail or fax, as well as a valid fixed line phone number, to confirm I am real and that the can deliver to the address I had put in the order form. :omg: :wtf:. My order would be put on stand-by until I send the required documents. ARE YOU F**ing KIDDING ME ? :^) After a quick google, this happens to be ... no phishing or hoax. It is real. In 2014. Online companies now request documents to be sent to them to prove online buyers are real. Turns out that I could also send the documents by email ?! :wtf: How secure is that ? Do I really need to send via uncrypted email a copy of my valid ID card to order something online for 170€ ?? WTFFFF? Is this only some new French paranoia, or is it the same in other countries ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
It never happened me while buying online, but when tried to register with freelancer site I had to to the same procedure. The funny thing was that they revealed it step-by-step, so after doing an ID identification, they asked for an electricity bill too...I asked myself what they will do with a hebrew bill addressed to my wife? Why I can't be real if I have no electricity bill? I never completed the registration...
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ROTFL :laugh: *surrenders*
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I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
Rage wrote:
*surrenders*
Back to type...
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I don't think it was designed to fool the professional criminal, just a small company getting a human to do a little extra checking. Good idea I thought, and still do.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
If nothing else, it shows they are making an effort to reduce card crime - and that could mean that their insurance is lower, or they don't suffer any losses if the card does turn out to be cloned.
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So I bought my parents a Christmas gift online last Friday, on a French website, and, to my surprise, got an email a few minutes after I had ordered, from an obscure Saveguard company, stating that I needed to send a copy of my ID card (both sides) as well as an electricity bill (for instance) , at best per snail mail or fax, as well as a valid fixed line phone number, to confirm I am real and that the can deliver to the address I had put in the order form. :omg: :wtf:. My order would be put on stand-by until I send the required documents. ARE YOU F**ing KIDDING ME ? :^) After a quick google, this happens to be ... no phishing or hoax. It is real. In 2014. Online companies now request documents to be sent to them to prove online buyers are real. Turns out that I could also send the documents by email ?! :wtf: How secure is that ? Do I really need to send via uncrypted email a copy of my valid ID card to order something online for 170€ ?? WTFFFF? Is this only some new French paranoia, or is it the same in other countries ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
My bank called me once, just minutes after I made an online purchased to confirm the purchase. That was weird.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I actually agree with Ryan... If you get a legitimate payment confirmation that you will indeed receive the money then why does it need to confirm that you are real? There is for a reason a T & C's section that covers (suppose to) that in the event of delivery the person sending the article was not there or could not be identified the parcel will be returned to the Office where the person that made the order can pick up the article and if after 30 days no claim has been made the parcel will be sold to cover costs. Well something like that. :doh: If I were you I would get my hands on a deceased person's ID and send that through as verification where you (it obviously being on computer, so no proof of authenticity can be done) manipulate it to show all your details that they have on their system when you placed the order. At least that way they can use that in an advert stating that they will deliver. Even in death! :suss: While you are there ask for proof of authenticity that they will indeed send the real thing you order as is to you on a time of your convenience and get an authenticity papers signed that the person to deliver the package is indeed real. :rolleyes:
»»» Loading Signature «««· · · Please Wait · · ·:badger: :badger: :badger:...and that the truck they use to bring the item to you is properly taxed and insured to prevent loss due to the police stopping and impounding said truck with your item still on it!
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My bank called me once, just minutes after I made an online purchased to confirm the purchase. That was weird.
I'd rather be phishing!
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So I bought my parents a Christmas gift online last Friday, on a French website, and, to my surprise, got an email a few minutes after I had ordered, from an obscure Saveguard company, stating that I needed to send a copy of my ID card (both sides) as well as an electricity bill (for instance) , at best per snail mail or fax, as well as a valid fixed line phone number, to confirm I am real and that the can deliver to the address I had put in the order form. :omg: :wtf:. My order would be put on stand-by until I send the required documents. ARE YOU F**ing KIDDING ME ? :^) After a quick google, this happens to be ... no phishing or hoax. It is real. In 2014. Online companies now request documents to be sent to them to prove online buyers are real. Turns out that I could also send the documents by email ?! :wtf: How secure is that ? Do I really need to send via uncrypted email a copy of my valid ID card to order something online for 170€ ?? WTFFFF? Is this only some new French paranoia, or is it the same in other countries ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
Sounds like an anti-Amazon government sponsored bull-sheet, I was redaing something about it some time ago (in an Italian free-press newspaper, so I gave it the attention it deserved - next to 0, on the left side). Don't worry, your southern neighbors will soon do something similar. ADD: I would add, you have Carrefour and Auchan, two elephants of physical shop commerce (in Italy they practically own any supermarket or Commercial Centre). They could be "gently pushing" to restrict e-commerce...
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My bank called me once, just minutes after I made an online purchased to confirm the purchase. That was weird.
I'd rather be phishing!
That is actually good thing, but it depends on the bank. I usually get such call after I do something outside of usual pattern. At least it there is a chance that if my card gets stolen and used before I notice, I still have a chance to not lose (much) money.
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My bank called me once, just minutes after I made an online purchased to confirm the purchase. That was weird.
I'd rather be phishing!
What annoys me about that is that they refuse to provide any information to prove who they are - but expect me to prove who I am. And they rang me...
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So I bought my parents a Christmas gift online last Friday, on a French website, and, to my surprise, got an email a few minutes after I had ordered, from an obscure Saveguard company, stating that I needed to send a copy of my ID card (both sides) as well as an electricity bill (for instance) , at best per snail mail or fax, as well as a valid fixed line phone number, to confirm I am real and that the can deliver to the address I had put in the order form. :omg: :wtf:. My order would be put on stand-by until I send the required documents. ARE YOU F**ing KIDDING ME ? :^) After a quick google, this happens to be ... no phishing or hoax. It is real. In 2014. Online companies now request documents to be sent to them to prove online buyers are real. Turns out that I could also send the documents by email ?! :wtf: How secure is that ? Do I really need to send via uncrypted email a copy of my valid ID card to order something online for 170€ ?? WTFFFF? Is this only some new French paranoia, or is it the same in other countries ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
Is the website served under HTTPS? For example the company website I manage in terms of web development sells electrical courses online and I've served it under HTTPS - https://www.electriciancourses4u.co.uk We've never heard of a policy like that and our courses go up to a few grand per person! If the HTTPS is there then I guess it seems legitimate, maybe it's like you said a new policy that's really strict in France? I would be careful though. If it happened to me personally I would refuse and try and purchase the gifts from a different website.
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Rage wrote:
*surrenders*
Back to type...
Now, now be nice! ;P
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So I bought my parents a Christmas gift online last Friday, on a French website, and, to my surprise, got an email a few minutes after I had ordered, from an obscure Saveguard company, stating that I needed to send a copy of my ID card (both sides) as well as an electricity bill (for instance) , at best per snail mail or fax, as well as a valid fixed line phone number, to confirm I am real and that the can deliver to the address I had put in the order form. :omg: :wtf:. My order would be put on stand-by until I send the required documents. ARE YOU F**ing KIDDING ME ? :^) After a quick google, this happens to be ... no phishing or hoax. It is real. In 2014. Online companies now request documents to be sent to them to prove online buyers are real. Turns out that I could also send the documents by email ?! :wtf: How secure is that ? Do I really need to send via uncrypted email a copy of my valid ID card to order something online for 170€ ?? WTFFFF? Is this only some new French paranoia, or is it the same in other countries ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
When my wife lived and studied in France she couldn't get anything whatsoever done without showing a valid electricity or phone bill, because they had a valid address on them. It seems to be the only way in France to know for sure the actual address of someone.
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So I bought my parents a Christmas gift online last Friday, on a French website, and, to my surprise, got an email a few minutes after I had ordered, from an obscure Saveguard company, stating that I needed to send a copy of my ID card (both sides) as well as an electricity bill (for instance) , at best per snail mail or fax, as well as a valid fixed line phone number, to confirm I am real and that the can deliver to the address I had put in the order form. :omg: :wtf:. My order would be put on stand-by until I send the required documents. ARE YOU F**ing KIDDING ME ? :^) After a quick google, this happens to be ... no phishing or hoax. It is real. In 2014. Online companies now request documents to be sent to them to prove online buyers are real. Turns out that I could also send the documents by email ?! :wtf: How secure is that ? Do I really need to send via uncrypted email a copy of my valid ID card to order something online for 170€ ?? WTFFFF? Is this only some new French paranoia, or is it the same in other countries ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
It happened to me on a German site named DLGamer. I didn't even want to purchase physical goods there. All I wanted was a bunch of Steam keys to games. They asked me for a scan of my ID. I immediately wrote back to cancel my order and will never be buying with them again.
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So I bought my parents a Christmas gift online last Friday, on a French website, and, to my surprise, got an email a few minutes after I had ordered, from an obscure Saveguard company, stating that I needed to send a copy of my ID card (both sides) as well as an electricity bill (for instance) , at best per snail mail or fax, as well as a valid fixed line phone number, to confirm I am real and that the can deliver to the address I had put in the order form. :omg: :wtf:. My order would be put on stand-by until I send the required documents. ARE YOU F**ing KIDDING ME ? :^) After a quick google, this happens to be ... no phishing or hoax. It is real. In 2014. Online companies now request documents to be sent to them to prove online buyers are real. Turns out that I could also send the documents by email ?! :wtf: How secure is that ? Do I really need to send via uncrypted email a copy of my valid ID card to order something online for 170€ ?? WTFFFF? Is this only some new French paranoia, or is it the same in other countries ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
Rage wrote:
I needed to send a copy of my ID card (both sides) as well as an electricity bill (for instance) , at best per snail mail or fax, as well as a valid fixed line phone number, to confirm I am real and that the can deliver to the address I had put in the order form
This is where my response would consist simply of a screenshot of the same item on Amazon's site, with the "1-Click Purchase" button highlighted.
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So I bought my parents a Christmas gift online last Friday, on a French website, and, to my surprise, got an email a few minutes after I had ordered, from an obscure Saveguard company, stating that I needed to send a copy of my ID card (both sides) as well as an electricity bill (for instance) , at best per snail mail or fax, as well as a valid fixed line phone number, to confirm I am real and that the can deliver to the address I had put in the order form. :omg: :wtf:. My order would be put on stand-by until I send the required documents. ARE YOU F**ing KIDDING ME ? :^) After a quick google, this happens to be ... no phishing or hoax. It is real. In 2014. Online companies now request documents to be sent to them to prove online buyers are real. Turns out that I could also send the documents by email ?! :wtf: How secure is that ? Do I really need to send via uncrypted email a copy of my valid ID card to order something online for 170€ ?? WTFFFF? Is this only some new French paranoia, or is it the same in other countries ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
Very efficient process and secure too. :D Must've been created by one gov't or another.
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Rage wrote:
*surrenders*
Back to type...
Rage will report you for spamming again! :-D
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Rage wrote:
I needed to send a copy of my ID card (both sides) as well as an electricity bill (for instance) , at best per snail mail or fax, as well as a valid fixed line phone number, to confirm I am real and that the can deliver to the address I had put in the order form
This is where my response would consist simply of a screenshot of the same item on Amazon's site, with the "1-Click Purchase" button highlighted.
No kidding - amazing how difficult it can be to just make a $20 purchase these days..... ~Pashm Pashmina Perfection
