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From: andrew@hammer.UUCP (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Credit card charge without expiration date
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Date: Fri, 14-Feb-86 13:05:03 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 14 13:05:03 1986
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	"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."

Yes, I did this once a few years ago.  A mail order arrived with card
number but no expiration date.  I called the authorization center,
explained the situation, and was put on hold for half a minute, at the
end of which they gave me an authorization number (charged approved).

On the other hand, it's a lot easier to challenge a credit card charge
when the merchant doesn't have a signature on the sales slip, as was
the case for all my business.  I used to worry a lot about someone
placing an order, receiving the goods, then telling the bank to cancel
the charge, but it never happened.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
                        (tekecs!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay)  [ARPA]