[governance] Security issue @ IGF / Rio - Check your bank statements

[Robert Guerra]

Carlos:

On 26-Nov-07, at 12:07 PM, Carlos Afonso wrote:

> Report it here?? In the list?? I guess you should suggest people  
> direct their reports to the appropriate people -- yet another issue  
> not pertaining to IG which might creep up here.
>

I was referring to the fact that people who might have had "issues"  
should just mention that. no further details, of course should be  
mentioned on such a public list.


> I will be glad to redirect any report to the local organizers (who  
> obviously cannot do much except to forward them to the local  
> subsidiaries of the banks or card operators involved), but I  
> personally find very strange, however, that people do not contact  
> their banks' branches or card operators directly -- this is the  
> proper way to file a complaint.
>

One or more IGF participants might have used a common ATM, and then  
been subject to an "issue" of some kind. Knowing - a. if it happened,  
b. to whom. and if there are similarities in the location of a  
possible fraud - might help banks and/or relevant financial  
institutions with their investigation.

In short - The reasoning behind my initial post was that sharing info  
on possible security issues could be helpful to those involved.

regards

Robert

>
> Robert Guerra wrote:
>> There have been some reports from IGF participants regarding  
>> financial fraud taking place on or during the dates of Nov 11 - Nov  
>> 20.
>> reports include - but are not limited to : unauthorized ATM  
>> withdrawals, unauthorized purchases, as well as card (with PIN)  
>> cloning,etc.
>> Please check your bank and/or credit card statements to see if any  
>> unauthorized transactions might have taken place. If you were  
>> unfortunate to have suffered a fraud , please report it here  - so  
>> that we can share the information with the financial security  
>> officials from Brazil and relevant financial institutions (visa,  
>> mastercard, etc)
>> regards,
>> Robert
>> ---
>> Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
>> Tel +1 416 893 0377
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