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- From: stank@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Stan Krieger)
- Subject: Re: Help! (stolen wallet troubles)
- Organization: Summit NJ
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:33:04 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.143304.9295@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
- References: <1468@bridge2.NSD.3Com.COM> <Jan.26.16.07.13.1993.14527@net.bio.net> <1993Jan27.145530.9674@chpc.org>
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- >Burdines (a Fla dept store chain) once asked me to sign an unsigned
- >credit card (I did). When I subsequently (ams purchase!) noticed the
- >clerk very carefully comparing my new signature on the card with that on
- >the reciept I remarked "of course they match". She then politely explained
- >that they have to verify signatures on each transaction because they
- >had a lot of fraud.
-
- And a relative of mine who had moved to Florida was also asked to sign
- a blank credit card before signing the receipt. After she did, the
- clerk refused to complete the transaction claiming that the signatures
- didn't match.
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- Stan Krieger All opinions, advice, or suggestions, even
- UNIX System Laboratories if related to my employment, are my own.
- Summit, NJ
- smk@usl.com
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