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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Suarez, post: 3516299, member: 99239&quot;]This is true. If the database was hacked the password is irrelevant. If their database is anything like 99% of the databases out there the password is either hashed (encrypted) or sits on a different server with its own database.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the hackers are resorting to phishing for bogus payments to be sent by Western Union (how else would the scam work?) then I have to believe that 1) their back game isn&#039;t anywhere near as sophisticated as their initial hack and, 2) having the bidders&#039; names and addresses isn&#039;t going to be of much use that I can see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I fought identity theft by &quot;giving in&quot; in a way: I had the credit bureaus lock my credit file. If I should need to buy something on credit in the future that I&#039;d need a loan for I&#039;ll have to spend a half hour or so reopening my credit files. A small inconvenience but the upside is (in theory) it shouldn&#039;t matter now even if they have my social security number and the hour I was born since the credit bureaus should be showing my profile as frozen. Beyond that, if they come to my house looking for coins, well, I&#039;ve a bunch of high grade uncleaneds <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>My valuable coins are kept in a safety deposit box. More so out of fear of the house burning down than armed robbers actually....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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