"zxcvbob" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>> "cybercat" > wrote
>>
>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
>>
>>>> "Goomba38" > wrote
>>>>
>>>>> That is for debit cards, not charge cards. When I use my AMEX
>>>>> at restaurants I'm never asked for a PIN.
>>>> My American Express information was stolen and used by someone in
>>>> a local store where no one took my card out of my sight. I don't
>>>> know about this swiping business, all they need to know is
>>>> printed right there on the card. I was lucky I just happened to
>>>> notice the charges piling up on my card while it was still only
>>>> $1700.
>>
>>> I wonder how they did it?
>>
>> Got me. They were busted for using other people's card info, too.
>> They not being the store, they being some employee.
>
> How about just a peculiar knack for memorizing numbers? I know that's
> low-tech, but it works.

(laugh!) I actually said that, then deleted it. All the information they
need is printed right on the card, if someone is so inclined, what's to
stop them from memorizing it?

nancy