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Old 08-03-2012, 12:29 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by AdultKing View Post
Most file lockers will keep operating until all their sources of funding are eradicated.

We do think, however, that once Paypal, Visa and Mastercard are taken out of the equation that many will fail.

Do not underestimate the importance of Paypal to these sites. Paypal is a trusted payment method for many people and losing it is a significant disruption.

If you can come up with a better strategy for dealing with file lockers than the one we are employing then feel free to share it with us.
Plus the added hit of having the funds frozen for 180 days. This probably causes more problems than simply losing a processor. Bills are not frozen.

Your work AK is growing all the time. There has to be smaller people who are no longer thinking this is the way to steal, bigger ones who are trying to plan a strategy. Ultimately once the funding is cut, the problem shrinks.
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