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|    August Abolins to Stas Mishchenkov    |
|    credit card by proxy    |
|    25 Nov 20 00:38:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet eac1b908       REPLY: 2:460/5858 5fbde543       PID: OpenXP/5.0.47 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0500       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.              --        ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.47        * Origin: Mobile? Join CHAT here: https://tinyurl.com/y5k7tsla (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 129/305 153/757 203/0 221/1 6 360 229/426 664 700       SEEN-BY: 280/464 282/1038 301/1 322/757 335/364 423/81 460/58 4500/1       PATH: 221/1 6 153/757 229/664 426           |
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