Posted on 10/23/2008 4:27:36 AM PDT by faq
Edited on 10/23/2008 4:34:19 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
John Galt of Ayn Rand Lane (zip code: a nonexistent 99999) was able to donate with no problem.
Despite the fact that the card holder's name and address do not match the name he provided.
John McCain's website? Rejected the same non-matching-information donation.
I guess when you're gathering up tens of millions from the Saudis and Gazans you have to be a little lenient on matching up credit card donations.
Incidentally-- when I [expletive deleted - Admin Mod] order cheesesteaks from my local deli, I get dinged when I forget my current zip code and give them my old one.
Again, though: If Obama were demanding that credit card information matched donor information, he couldn't draw in $150 million largely from fraudulent overseas donors.
Anyone see a pattern? Jennifer Brunner isn't bothered by "voters" with non-matchable information casting votes; Barack Obama doesn't take the most basic safeguard of ensuring that a donor's information matches the information on his credit card.
Try buying something anywhere with a credit card. You check to see if you can get away with entering false information about your name and address.
An automated check bounces all such attempts. Unless this safeguard has been specifically disabled.
And why would anyone do that?
I just can't think of a single reason.
What’s with the language?
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Not to mention the lack of coherence.
I would never consider eating copulating cheese steaks. Where does this guy live?
Ace is right : certain safeguards have been deliberately disabled.
This is insane.
Fraud?? No one cares. Nothing will be done about it. Move along and welcome to the world of Obama.
Dump this post. The credit card processor will reject the charge if the information doesn’t match. The fact that the website form doesn’t reject it, means absolutely nothing.
This post is blather about nothing.
The Obama campaign has spent more money than any other presidential campaign in history and has outspent McCain by ridiculous sums.
Something IS going on and it’s not good. Follow the money...
Read more here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109753/posts
and here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112062/posts
These aren’t credit card donations. They are donations using vehicles like Visa cash gift cards. The cash cards are purchased using cash, so the purchase cannot be easily traced and since they are as good as cash, it won’t trigger a check to match address and credit card account. So you have a bunch of these cash cards in small amounts and you can spend all day making up names and addresses to match them and there’s no quick, easy way to trace them.
Read more here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109753/posts
and here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112062/posts
These aren’t credit card donations. They are donations using vehicles like Visa cash gift cards. The cash cards are purchased using cash, so the purchase cannot be traced and since they are as good as cash, it won’t trigger a check to match address and credit card account.
An automated check bounces all such attempts. Unless this safeguard has been specifically disabled.
Thank you, Cyropaedia.
Pinging The List.
Adding this:
(Thank you, sweetiepiezer.)
Sick Beyond Comprehension
Thanks for the clarification.
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