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thalfviking

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May 01, 2008 12:45

Some asshole in Iowa got my credit card number and used it to buy gas and $100 worth of food at Applebee's yesterday. First, I'm offended that the fraud is happening, but second, I'm offended that my money couldn't be used on cooler things. If you're going to go to the trouble to hack something and get my credit card, couldn't you have the decency ( Read more... )

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pacificnic May 2 2008, 04:24:44 UTC

Applebee's is tasty. Man I would buy myself Applebee's with a stolen credit card.

thalfviking May 2 2008, 04:27:10 UTC

Guh, Applebee's is dirty. Now if they'd dropped $100 at Olive Garden, that would be acceptable.

pacificnic May 2 2008, 04:30:41 UTC

Oriental chicken saladddddd. So tasty.

Also gas is expensive.

Also maybe they got your card number doing that evil gas station thing your parents warned you about?

Also sucks. I'm sorry. =\

thalfviking May 2 2008, 15:27:58 UTC

Also, thanks. lol. I don't know how they got it - the only places I've used it this month are Freddy's and Trader Joe's. Pretty weird. My dad said it could be some kinda random number generator. But how do you actually purchase things without a physical card? I don't get it.

rainydaygal123 May 2 2008, 06:10:18 UTC

Seriously, if I was going to go to all that trouble to do something I could get arrested for, I would totally make it good.

How did they charge Applebee's on your card without the actual card? Were they like, "Here waiter dude, I forgot my card at home, but use this number here that I wrote on a napkin."

lorddictater May 2 2008, 07:35:01 UTC

It probably isn't too hard to get a machine that codes magnetic data on a card. They're pretty easy to use too at least from my experience. They could just take an existing card and recode it with her information or print an entirely new card that looks well enough like a legit one.

thalfviking May 2 2008, 15:29:46 UTC

Ooooohhhhhhhhh... That makes sense. I wonder how many they have. Cuz they're not gonna get too far on my $500 credit limit. lols.

rainydaygal123 May 3 2008, 20:48:43 UTC

"They're pretty easy to use too at least from my experience."

Derek, have you been to Iowa lately?

Sarah, I have discovered the culprit. And all he had to do was pull it out of your purse when you were using the bathroom last time you visited.

It all makes sense now.

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