Re: UKNM: Credit card fraud

[Steve Johnston]

Alex,


What did you have to go through with VISA to get your money back?


Steve.


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On 25/06/98, at 11:31, Alex Balfour  wrote: 


>At 17:01 24/06/98 +0100, Steve Johnston wrote:

>>Nope, and I will be astonished if you manage to get any examples. 

>>

>>If in the unlikely event that you do, however, ask the following

>additional question: 

>>

>>"Did the consumer actually suffer a personal financial loss as a result?"

>>

>>How about real examples when the transaction was insecure?

>

>fow what it's worth I was blaze (accent not rendered) about credit card

>fraud until disingenuously named "Internet billing company" removed 250

>pounds from my VISA account in amounts of around 8 dollars a time over a

>two month period.  I assume this was the result of an insecure transaction

>(I know I made one or two last year). I got the money back from VISA,

>largely I suppose because it is unwilling to make a song and dance about

>card fraud.

>

>Alex


Steve Johnston

Director of Development

IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group)


http://www.imrg.org/

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