I had my credit card number stolen and the thief used it to subscribe to Netflix. 16 times. That's right, they created 16 Netflix accounts in one day using the same credit card details. Apparently a basic sanity check like "Are we already billing this card?" is not implemented at all, and Netflix support admitted as much.
I think it's in the merchants' interest to proceed with lackluster sanity checks, knowing that some erroneous charges will make it through. It's got to be a multimillion dollar business collecting fees from the unaware, the scammed, and the dead.
I think it's in the merchants' interest to proceed with lackluster sanity checks, knowing that some erroneous charges will make it through. It's got to be a multimillion dollar business collecting fees from the unaware, the scammed, and the dead.