One word: "Dumbass".
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has admitted he was wrong to brand the scandal of lost CDs containing the personal data of millions of Britons a "storm in a teacup" after falling victim to an internet scam. The outspoken star printed his bank details in a newspaper to try and make the point that his money would be safe and that the spectre of identity theft was a sham.
[/p].......Clarkson has now revealed the stunt backfired and his details were used to set up a £500 direct debit payable from his account to the British Diabetic Association.[/p]At the time he wrote: "I have never known such a palaver about nothing. The fact is we happily hand over cheques to all sorts of unsavoury people all day long without a moment's thought. We have nothing to fear." [/p]However, yesterday he told readers he had opened his bank statement to find a direct debit had been set up in his name and £500 taken out of his account. [/p]"The bank cannot find out who did this because of the Data Protection Act and they cannot stop it from happening again," he said. "I was wrong and I have been punished for my mistake." [/p][a href="vny!://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/jan/07/personalfinancenews.scamsandfraud"]vny!://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/jan/07/personalfinancenews.scamsandfraud[/a]
