David is right, I worry more about restaurants than most things. I've used the same mastercard credit card since 1978 and had never had a problem up until the other day. Charge from somewhere in the Netherlands appeared. Called MC, locked the card, reversed the transaction, and am getting a new card. Not a major problem. I had previously put all of the available email alerts on my card, which gave me the early detection. I'd highly suggest doing that on any card you use on line. From the time the bad charge was made until I was talking to the MC people was probably less than 2 hrs. I get an email any time a charge is put on the card. Easy, free insurance. On paypal, I don't think the seller gets any real info about you. Like David said, it's based on an email address. However I don't do any selling using Paypal, do don't know about that part. Bruce Harrison -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 9:22 AM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Re: OT: Paypal account On Fri, June 12, 2009 01:43, Elson T. Elizaga wrote: > Is it possible to register in Paypal using a pseudonym? Will I still be > able to buy and sell products, or receive money? I'm kinda wary about > putting my real name for anything related to online commerce. Paypal accounts are tied to email addresses. They do have to know your real name, because the account has to be connected to a bank account and/or a credit card, and they have to know the name on those accounts; but I don't believe that information has to be transferred to people you trade money with. I don't understand what you're worried about, though. I'm always surprised that some people are worried about business online, but not worried about letting a waiter at a restaurant run off out of sight with their credit card. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
