recent rise in crime
Ross Anderson
Ross.Anderson at cl.cam.ac.uk
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:17:56 +0100
> >The transaction was approved without difficulty
>
> And are you saying that the Card Merchant Services will repudiate that
> approval later on, when they discover their "mistake"?
They didn't. What's more, they are happy for you to read out the
cardholder address quickly, so they can't be writing it down for
later verification. It's quite possible they record the phone
call but why bother as you're liable for the lot anyway in the
event that the cardholder complains?
Ross