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From: stup@whuxl.UUCP (Raggedy-Ann @ Dollhouse)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Credit card carbons ("No, you can't have them")
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 10:53:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 10:53:22 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.

      A funny thing happened to us not too long ago. Our married
daughter had forgotten HER gas credit card, and needed gas, so
borrowed mine. Included in the NEXT statement from Sun Oil was
a note questioning the signature AND license plate number, as it
not match the rest of the receipts. They wanted to know if my card
had been lost or stolen, and if so why hadn't I reported it. (As
a matter of fact, they even questioned a receipt when I got gas for
a rental car in Canada! For obvious reasons). Anyway, I guess
Sun Oil is very careful about charges.