Bogus digital signatures, Re: OT: utility account transfer frauds

Ian Brown I.Brown at cs.ucl.ac.uk
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:29:30 +0100


> I assume that is for cardholder-present transactions then -
> because for mail
> order (or web order) they are damned quick to deduct the amount of the
> forged payment from our next month's transactions - even for a £5-50 data
> lead....

Yep -- they force the risk of cardholder-not-present transactions onto
merchants: http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/00-3/bohm.html