If You're Going To Use Someone's Credit Card Fraudulently, Perhaps Don't Ring Up $800,000 Worth Of Charges
from the it's-the-little-things-that-get-you dept
A New York City cabbie has apparently plead guilty to ripping off a passenger for $800,000, after keeping his credit card number on file and using it over the next few months. The cardholder was clearly wealthy (he had taken the cab to an airport in New Jersey to pick up his private jet), but if you're using the card for fraudulent charges, don't you have to realize that, sooner or later, people are going to notice hundreds of thousands of dollars of questionable charges? Amazingly, it actually took a little while and it wasn't the guy or anyone who worked for him -- but the credit card company that noticed "suspicious activity."Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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You won't be needing this and the economy will be stimulated quite nicely with your generous donation.
Now, if I may say so:
A yo ho ho
And a bottle of rum!
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Kudos old man, way to go!
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$800K = Pattern
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Response to: Anonymous Coward on Feb 17th, 2011 @ 1:31pm
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