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From: ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: Credit card carbons ("No, you can't have them")
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 12:51:52 EST
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> Yes, this is irksome.  (Even AFTER the check is deposited, unscrupulous
> bank clerks could see the number, too.)  But is the expiration date copied?
> All the times I used a check at places which ask for a credit card for ID
> when paying with a check, I never once had the expiration date copied too.
> It might be smart to make a stink over not allowing your card's expiration date
> to be copied, if this kind of fraud is what you are worried about.  Just show
> that it is sometime in the future and surely that should suffice. (Maybe not :-(
> Every firm that I have charged from which will accept a credit card number
> (rather than the physical presentation of the card) for a charge wants to know
> the expiration date, I presume as an additional guard against fraud.  Can some-
> one clarify on this?  Surely this must have been chewed over before.  Mail, do
> not post, if your answer has already been seen on the net--address is in the
> signature below.  Thanks.

Frankly, given a credit card number and a name, I have a great feeling that
it would not be difficult for any merchant to put through a charge on your
account.

-Ron