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   Message 151 of 1,840   
   August Abolins to Stas Mishchenkov   
   credit card by proxy   
   25 Nov 20 00:38:00   
   
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   Hello Stas!   
      
   ** On Wednesday 25.11.20 - 08:01, Stas Mishchenkov wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    SM> For Russians, this is normal. We do not understand at all   
    SM> how one can go to jail for using a credit card belonging   
    SM> to a husband or wife.   
      
   That would probably be fine here in Canada too.  The only     
   exception might be if one of spouses reported the card lost or     
   stolen, then the last purchases are suspect and cancelled -     
   and I would be out of product.   
      
   However in my case, the young lady seemed open about     
   everything. She was practically the personally shopper for the     
   owner of the card, assuming that she was given the authority     
   to shop for the owner of it.   
      
   I really had no reason to doubt her story. It's not like she     
   went all over the shop and just picked the most expensive     
   things.  If it was a $200+ purchase, *then* I might be     
   suspect.   
      
   But technically, it was not much different had she called the     
   shop over the phone and given me the numbers.  I wouldn't have     
   a way to verify if she had authority to use the numbers or     
   not.   
      
   These days, people don't even have to give me any details of     
   the cards they are using. They just swipe/tap/dip on their own     
   and enter the PIN when required. When a person taps a card     
   (using the touchless feature) they don't even need to use a     
   PIN at all - the card could be stolen - but I would never     
   know.   
      
   Maybe I could have persuaded to take selfie with her. Then I     
   would have a mugshot incase I needed to report her to the     
   police.   
      
   We shall see if this experience will result in a Chargeback.     
   Hope not.   
      
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