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From: AJL <noemail@none.com>
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Subject: Re: Mobile banking: alarm as fraudsters take over handsets and raid
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Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 19:07:56 -0700
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On 7/13/2024 6:49 PM, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:39:43 -0700, AJL
> <noemail@none.com> wrote:
>
>> On 7/13/2024 5:44 PM, micky wrote:
>>
>>> for 20 years I carried 60 dollars in travelers checks in the
>>> trunk, but I stopped. I've thought about starting again.
>>
>> Travelers checks??  My emergency stash hidden under the floormat
>> was cash cause everybody takes cash...
>
> I thought about that.  Would the police take traveler's checks?.

Depends on where you are I imagine. I do know that in Phoenix a normal
speeding citation requires only a signature, no matter where you're from...

> of course it's not just traffic tickets that can cause one to really
> need money.

I always carry cash just in case the cards didn't work. More than once
it's saved me when a store's system was down and they only took cash...