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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: sinter on August 29, 2011, 07:46 pm
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My friend was thinking of buying some BTC on ExchB. In the effort to trim the paper trail, he wanted to deposit to an account there via a postal money order (because it can be purchased with cash). If he decides to send the money order, should he use a fake or a real sender address on it? Does it even need to have a sender address to be accepted & cashed?
If he chooses a real address, would a money order paid (to a bitcoin exchange) from that address cause it to be 'watched' for package traffic? What are the risks of faking/spoofing the return/sender address?
Someone told MF that he should just use some random person's address from the phonebook.
SWIM said to use a trusted 3rd party only to send the money order. This 3rd party address would then be unsafe to ship to.
Your 0.02 on best practices with money orders?
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I'd go with SWIM's suggestion, personally. Including to NEVER ship anything there.... You could also buy some Liberty Reserve and transfer over to the btc exchange site from there, or fund an anonymous gift CC and use that...
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...In the effort to trim the paper trail, he wanted to deposit to an account there via a postal money order (because it can be purchased with cash)....
IIRC, ExchB will also accept cash deposits to their account at Chase or WellsFargo branches, followed by an e-mailed scan of the deposit receipt. That would be a completely paperless alternative if those banks are in your area.