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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by danjumasule on Thursday April 11, 2013 @12:46AM (#5530035)
Dear quandryfoe

My name is Danjuma Sule, one of the sons of major Gen Gumel Danjuma Sule, The late Nigeria's former minister of mines and power in the regime of the late former Nigeria's military Head of state, Gen Sanni Abacha. When my father died he left me an inheritance of 9830422.33333421 bitcoins. Unfortunately bitcoin exchanges are not yet set up in Nigerian currency and I am in need of a young techno wizard with a bank account denominated in US dollars to assist me in gaining access to my inheritance.

It is on this basis I am seeking for assistance. Your percentage is negotiable. Please note; your age and profession doesn't really matter in this transaction. Waiting for your immediate response and bank account specifics.

Regards, Danjuma Sule

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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by jacoblyles on Thursday April 11, 2013 @03:08AM (#5530399)
The ironic thing about this comment is that, unlike with a USD bank account, I would be happy to give someone my public bitcoin address.
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by riffraff on Thursday April 11, 2013 @03:15AM (#5530421)
I imagine sharing your IBAN or local equivalent does not imply any significantly larger danger than sharing your bitcoin address, am i missing something?
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by mattm on Thursday April 11, 2013 @03:33AM (#5530489)
The scary thing is that there are no checks on withdrawals from your account. Anyone with your account number (which is available on all checks) could in theory withdraw money from your account.
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by jaimebuelta on Thursday April 11, 2013 @04:44AM (#5530714)
It is not as easy as it sounds. Those kind of withdraws (direct debits) needs special accounts to start with, and can be cancelled talking to the bank (during a "grace period", typically 2 weeks). The process to determine if that withdraw was legitimate is done with the money on the original account. If you have more than normal rate of "rejections", your special account will be cancelled, and could be difficult to run direct debits again...

The specifics can change from country to country, of course. I know that in the US direct debits are rare (while in Europe are quite common), so maybe the process changes.

Anyway, your bank account number is still sensitive info, as there are scams that can challenge the whole process (generating lots of direct debits, or trying to duplicate legitimate ones to go "undercover")

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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by troels on Thursday April 11, 2013 @04:22AM (#5530656)
That would depend on the bank and country. In the UK, for example, you can set up a direct debit and withdraw funds directly, using just the bank details. But you would need to have a UK bank account to do so, and they would presumably not just allow anyone to start running direct debits.
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by swalsh on Thursday April 11, 2013 @12:49AM (#5530042)
If you're creating a new account because you KNOW its going to be downvoted, isn't that an indication that you just shouldn't make the comment?
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by rollo_tommasi on Thursday April 11, 2013 @01:02AM (#5530069)
Maybe he was just committing to the joke.
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by scarmig on Thursday April 11, 2013 @01:24AM (#5530123)
Similarly downvoted him.

HN is a serious place for serious topics. We should be talking about bitcoin.

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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by diminoten on Thursday April 11, 2013 @01:50AM (#5530192)
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not...
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by Helianthus on Thursday April 11, 2013 @03:58AM (#5530581)
It's actually a very wonderful comment.
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by chm on Thursday April 11, 2013 @12:47AM (#5530038)
Why is your name in green?
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by gojomo on Thursday April 11, 2013 @12:53AM (#5530050)
It's an 'HN Verified' account; this person has passed all identity/credit checks and may -- nay, should -- be issued convertible debt at will.
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by sgdesign on Thursday April 11, 2013 @01:09AM (#5530084)
How can I get one of these "HN Verified" accounts? Are you the person in charge of verification I should be sending my credit card information to?
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by MacsHeadroom on Thursday April 11, 2013 @02:25AM (#5530288)
From the same place you get 4chan gold accounts.
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by waterlesscloud on Thursday April 11, 2013 @02:50AM (#5530364)
Next to the pool on the roof.
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Re:It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day by Mz on Thursday April 11, 2013 @12:48AM (#5530040)
"Noob"

Edit: I mean green equals new account.

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