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Re: amazonaws.com?


From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <ops.lists () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 07:43:19 +0530

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Barry Shein <bzs () world std com> wrote:
Even when someone declines a charge it doesn't mean you can't collect
what you believe to be money legitimately owed you. You can hand it to
a collection agency if it's worthwhile. If not (e.g., you took a card
w/o any verification from someone in a country whose name you can't
even pronounce) OH WELL, you're a fool, or it better be part of your
cost of doing business.

The funny part is, the scam artists already know that "mismatch
between account holder's name and cc holder's name / address /
country" is one of the first and most elementary anti fraud checks.

So, if they steal a cc from Joe Sixpack of Bumfuck, Iowa, guess who
signs up to Amazon AWS for 200 VMs and 20 minutes worth of service?

--srs


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