Credit Card Contracts

[David Swarbrick]

In message <199908161052.LAA01794@captain-flack.ftel.co.uk>, Ian G
Batten <I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk> writes
>> I then spam a whole heap of newsgroups offering cheap underwear, five
>> socks for the price of two, and half price woolly jumpers (just the sort
>> of goods that we all buy from M&S and calculated, in stereotypical
>> fashion, to appeal to the average reader of newsgroups).
>> 
>> Behold, I get a whole heap of credit card numbers and other details
>> because people trust me (I look like I'm M&S, remember).
>
>And if you're smart, you nip down to M&S, buy the stuff that's been
>ordered from you, pay cash as a loss-leader against your later fraud and
>post it out.  Because people will have got the goods, but not been
>charged for them, they'll probably adopt the ``best not tell'' policy.
>Then even if your scam is exposed, your victims won't associate your
>fraudulent use with the free stuff they got from M&S, and even if
>_asked_ ``did you get some free stuff from M&S?'' plenty of them will
>keep quiet because they'll think the investigator is just after the
>money.

Except of course that M&S are the only company who donor accept visa.
Still ...

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