Red Flag . . . errr Circle
Posted on January 19, 2007 - Filed Under Personal |
During the third week of the month, one day is dedicated to paying bills. One method of paying bills is the internet. This is my preferred method. It pleases me that a few clicks of a mouse button can pay a bill.
Imagine my surprise when this popped up: 
Lord Google seems to have this feature where people can identify fraudulent sites. I knew there were crafty people out there but this takes the cake!
I’ve read articles, discussing how people get redirected to websites that ask for login information. Then as a "second step", they ask for verification of your Social Security number. People blindly type this in, without thinking. For any bill paying service, I would never, ever enter my social security number.
It took me 10 minutes to verify the site I went to was legit. I informed Lord Google the website was indeed a real website, not a fraud. I was thanked, sent on my merry way. However the error warning is still popping up.
This feature is appreciated. If I fat-finger a website name and it redirects me to a fraudulent site, its nice someone will bounce up and force me to check. But after I identify it as "non fraud", this warning should go away.
Apparently, Lord Google knows better than I.
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I’m surprised you dedicate a day to pay bills. Why not use your France-is-my-kind-of-place mileage card to have all your bills taken care of? Then have your wonderful wells fargo pay your credit card once a month. Then you can spend your bill paying day planning more excursions to France!
I don’t really dedicate “24 hours” to paying bills. I have one selected day and sometime during that day, I pay all the bills. Sheesh!! You’re as knit-picky as Engineer!
There isn’t an option to pay ALL my bills on my mileage card. And transfer balances don’t count towards “points” on my wells fargo card.
I pay ALL my bills with my mileage card. Some bills the credit card pays, some bills the charge the card. My mileage card does give points for some of the bills. Partners and such.
Save time, earn mileage and post more pics of France!