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From: stu16@whuxl.UUCP (SMITH)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Credit card carbons ("No, you can't have them")
Message-ID: <958@whuxl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 10:43:36 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 10:43:36 1986
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> > There is a problem with gas credit card fraud.
> > It occurs in two forms:
> > 
> > ......
> >
> > Second:
> > Consumer groups recommend that you never let your gas
> > card out of your sight and make sure that all carbons are destroyed.
> > Some crooked gas stations run through extra copies of the
> > card while the customer isn't looking, and filling in a charge later;
> > forging the signature in the process.
> 
> This actually happened to me last year.  It was a self-service Gulf
> station in Somerville, MA.  Three different slips within a period of
> several weeks were forged.  The amount in each was around $20 to $25,
> when the actual amount of purchase was $10 to $12.  Since I own a small
> car (Ford Escort), it's not hard to show that I did not buy that much
> gas since I would not have any place to put it. 

               I thought it was mandatory for gas station
attendants to write in the license plate number on ALL
charge slips. In case of fraud, the fake number would be a
give-away. Or in the case of a stolen card, the number would
then be traced to the person who stole it.
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