Posted on 12/11/2011 4:51:38 PM PST by Mmogamer
*NEVER* click on links in an email claiming there is a problem with your credit card or bank account.
NEVER!
If in doubt, contact the company in question via phone or by going directly to their web site AFTER you exit your email program. DO NOT use any link in that email.
or by going directly to their web site AFTER you exit your email program.
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Do you think it is safe to access my account online? I have used Avast and Malwarebytes to scan, the programs found nada. I am still scared to try, though.
Pshaw...I think worry is burning a hole in me gut. It is probably just some scam but I sure wish people were replying that they received a similar email.
Back in the mid 90’s almost 2 years after we had moved and I canceled a card that I held for my small cleaning business (married to military)— I was contacted by a collection agency (thank goodness!) that I had unpaid charges to that card. I never realized how difficult it is to cancel a card!
The institution (BOA) wouldn’t fix it themselves, I had to do the footwork and find out who all had rented the home after us and contact the police from my old county, long distance, all myself.
Thank God the police were helpful and I was able to sleuth it all down! I hope this is just a scam and I don’t have another issue again. The good part is my last home was sold and not a rental.
I can’t wait for morning to come.
Nook is better.
It has password protection and no subsription fee. It is faster, has more storage (can expand to 32 gigbytes, more books are avialible. No advertsiing, tech hel at any B&N store.
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I was at work and had to shut down the store.
On the Kindle Fire you can set a password so no one can open it unless they know the password. I didn’t have a password set, so I set a password and then turned it off. When I turned it back on I had to enter my password to have access to my stuff.
The article you linked to is talking about using the 1-click option to purchase from Amazon. I went to Amazon and turned off 1-click purchasing and then tried buying a book. The transaction was denied because I had turned off the 1-click purchase option. Once I turned it back on I was able to download the book.
i am posting this on my nook tablet. i like i can read anything for free one hour a day at any bn store and i can talk face to face with someone. i use it to surf and read instead of carryig a laptop.
read later
Thanks so much for this thread. I have it on good authority that my son is giving me a Kindle Fire for Christmas. I asked for it and want it very badly, but confess I am nervous about learning to use it. Thankfully, I’ll be with them for two more weeks after Christmas and my grandchildren can teach me!
Sure thing ma’am. I just wanted to see what everyone thought.
Thanks for all the comments folks!
Calibre, the free eBook database manager will convert ePub (Nook) files to Mobi (Kindle files). If it's a book you purchased there is software available online that will strip the DRM data from the file so it can be converted. This software is not free.
I would never leave 1-touch turned on. You could set the Fire down for just a second or two and someone could grab it and have full access to your Amazon account. It is best to both password protect your Fire and also turn off 1-touch so if anyone does grab it they would have to have the account password to get into Amazon. Don’t use the same password for both. I have no idea how easy it is to crack a Fire’s password, but even I can crack a laptop password in under 5 minutes and I’m not an expert.
Another problem is that Amazon is shipping Fires with 1-touch turned on and no password. Some of these are getting stolen while in shipment because word is out that Amazon is shipping them with your credit card already stored in 1-touch. If anyone orders a Fire, they need to get it sent as a gift, because then the 1-touch is not linked to an account.
If you're concerned about your Kindle being stolen during shipment, go to amazon.com and disable the 1-click until you get your device. However be aware you won't be able to order a book from the Kindle while 1-click is disabled. There is no option to enter a password - just a notice that you're not able to purchase the book.
Look, if you don't like the Kindle that's fine. No skin off my nose. I personally like mine very much. If you don't want one, don't purchase one.
but even I can crack a laptop password in under 5 minutes and I’m not an expert.
If the laptop password is “password”, or “letmein”, or “12345678” then I agree. However, if the password is “u&X(dR*ms#oQ” then I’d be quite surprised if you could.
For whatever reason...appears 'Google' is one common denominator. And/or ordering online. They are attempting to also discern if there is a another common denominator of an online source.
They all called the Discover fraud office, were told their accounts were 'deactivated' and subsequently...new cards were issued.
Some of the aforementioned people received a text alert to respond by sending the last four account numbers on the new card, and to state YES, Hold on the new account.
Suspicious.
Subsequently they called the Discover Fraud/Security office and were told to NOT respond to this new text alert.
If you want to download books from your local library or the big city libraries, go with the Nook. It supports the Adobe Digital Editions format that seems to be the favorite of libraries. It is what sold my wife over the Kindle and she has not regretted it.
Actually I can. I did my own IT for my company and people were constantly losing passwords, so I learned how to do it. It is so easy that it is scary.
I was all set to get 3 Fires for myself, my sister, and my brother. Then I heard about the issue that your account is left wide open. How stupid is that? Once they fix it to my satisfaction, I’ll spend the $600, but not until it gets fixed. If you want to leave your account open like that, then don’t say you weren’t warned. It is getting hammered now with bad reviews.
This is an article published today:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2011-12-12/mark-smith-kindle-fire-complaints/51839620/1
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