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I’ve always wondered the point of this. I had a card stolen (skimmed in a taxi) and the first thing they did was donate $1 to a charity, before buying $12k of a
by nopassrecover 8y ago
I’ve always wondered the point of this. I had a card stolen (skimmed in a taxi) and the first thing they did was donate $1 to a charity, before buying $12k of aquarium equipment from another country. Why not start with the aquarium purchase? (side note, the bank didn’t chargeback the donation because it would have cost the charity, and I wasn’t going to challenge that).
- rocqua 8y agoMaybe there is risk in putting in a big order (requires contact details? Requires actual contact? There is cost to setting up an account). This way, you don't risk / burn an account without getting your payoff.
- toast0 8y agoCriminal A skims your card and sells a bundle of cards to criminal B as unvalidated. Criminal B runs the cards through a donation engine to validate them, and sells to criminal C for more per card. Criminal C buys one validated card to make an order for aquarium equipment.