<VV> Scams are fun but don't send ANY $$$ ! (No Corvair)

[airvair at earthlink.net]

Absolutely. The whole idea in theft deterrents is to make it as difficult
as possible. To have the easily readable numbers in plain view is an
invitation for theft. By ANYone. To use a bar code makes it FAR, FAR, FAR
more difficult to steal the info. There's a lot fewer bar code readers than
eyes out there. And who's going to allow their checks to be scanned by a
passing stranger? Think about it.

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: J R Read_HML <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Scams are fun but don't send ANY $$$ ! (No Corvair)
>
> I doubt the cost would be significant, but what would it do - force the 
> crooks to buy or steal a bar code reader?
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marc Marcoulides" <hharpo at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Scams are fun but don't send ANY $$$ ! (No Corvair)
>
> > Think about what that would cost, because you and I would have to pay it
> >>
> >>If the people running the banking system had any sense to them, they'd
> >>replace those visable numbers with a bar code and have NO (humanly)
> >>readable numbers whatsoever on checks. (And maybe credit cards, too.)
But
> >>then, that's too rational an idea.
> >>
> >>-)
> >>>
> >