Computer Glitch Gives Free Gas, But Stores Your ID For Police
from the oops dept
Everyone knows that gas prices have been hovering around all time highs lately in the US, so imagine the joy that some people felt when it was discovered that a computer glitch at a certain gas station chain meant you could get free gas if you inserted your driver's license instead of your credit card. The glitch went unnoticed by the company (though, very noticed by customers) for three weeks causing thousands of dollars in losses for the company. The only problem is that, while the machines might not have charged users, it did store all the data from the driver's license. In other words, if you took part, the police may be knocking on your door with a bill - and a misdemeanor fraud charge.
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Fraud??
I can't really see a difference between a payment machine that dispenses gas without a valid card as any different from one that accepts a valid card but neglects to process the transaction.
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Re: Fraud?? uh yup.
It's not like they inserted a credit card and just never got charged. They were actively trying to avoid paying. It's called theft of services.
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Re: Fraud?? uh yup.
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Re: Fraud??
http://www.legal-definitions.com/fraud.htm
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Re: Fraud??
The company that allows their gas pumps to function with such flawed systems deserves to get screwed.
Considering all the free publicity they got out of this, the losses are negligible.
Perhaps they should consider suing the manufacturer of the pumps that had such obvious flaws.
Furthermore, how do they know if the drivers licenses were the ones of the people that actually used them ?
Those that stole the gasoline knowingly will have their karma come back to bite them in the ass.
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free ga card
What you have here is really a big help for all of us who were on a tight budget. I'm glad I had found your site. I will see to it that I can also avail this offer.
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