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Why would someone book a hotel room with a fake card and not show up? Maybe to generate fake expenses ?
by themark 8y ago
Why would someone book a hotel room with a fake card and not show up? Maybe to generate fake expenses ?
- sokoloff 8y agoOne reason might be to validate that the card works at all. Another might be to bypass anti-fraud provisions of the issuer. (It seems plausible that someone trying to buy a laptop at a random retailer away from home might be less likely to trigger a fraud alert if they had a same city, same timeframe hotel reservation on the card.)
- rosbrith 8y agoAs discussed elsewhere in these comments the booking agent will likely not be processing the payment and probably won't perform validation of the details save for a Luhn check on the number.
- sokoloff 8y agoSomeone will be attempting to process the payment. A fraudster doesn't care who that is, any more than I care who it is when I legitimately book a hotel room.