Julian, I don't think *anything* is possible. I want someone to show me a clear picture of a credit card made with a cell phone that has all the information needed to make an on-line or phone purchase. A more likely senario is to simply read the numbers to a cell's voice mail. Also, I find it hard to believe that someone could easily get all nineteen numbers from a phone card, as you say, with enough success to make using them a risk. AZ Card Carrying Skeptic > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: cell phone cam > From: Julian <rev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, April 26, 2005 5:38 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Cell phone shooters, > > > >There is an email circulating in these parts RE sly trick to obtain > >credit card number from unsuspecting patron. The cashier handles the > >transaction while talking casually on cell phone. Unnoticed by the > >customer, cashier snaps a picture of the credit card and sends it to > >cohort. > > > >OK, at first blush, this sounds like another thing to be worried about. > >But think about it. Can a cell phone camera produce a readable image in > this sneaky situation - or any situation? ... > > Anything is possible. Just keep aware of who's around when you pull > out your card and who might happen to be on a phone within five feet. > Good scam artists are very good at those things. In the 1980's there > were people that would hang around near the pay phones at Port > Authority in NYC ( as far as twenty feet away) and write down calling > card numbers as the user would punch them in; and no, I wasn't one of > them. ; ) > > Julian > > --
