Sorry, I replied off list unintentionally,. Thanks getting it back on the list.
Yes, this was post 911. There are many regulations that regulate how
credit card number are handled within a company. But there are some
consumers that don't use the checkout process on the site or have
problems during check out and and just say send me this and here is my
credit card number to charge it to.
I think this is the type of email he is wanting to block. By masking
the credit card number before it hits the main mail server they can
prevent the number form being stored in the archive system and
transmitted across their network. The email will in theory be sent on
to some one that can call the customer back to get the order placed
(and hopefully give a little educational advice at the same time).
Yes, there may be some scammers tring to buy things this way, but for
the most part it is someone that isn't very tech savy that is just
trying to buy something.
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:46 PM, gm5729 <
gm5729@gmail.com> wrote:
> You are talking a post 911 world now. Banking laws, proof of ID and you are
> who you say you are..What about credit card companies. If there is a loss of
> Any sort will it be covered, and by who. Does that mean you need insurance.
> I see a whole can of worms here. Its hard enough with servers that are
> secure.
>
> Personally, my first thought is scammer.
>
> My .02 c
>
> vp
>
> On Jan 27, 2011 1:57 PM, "Shawn Badger" <shawn@badger.pro> wrote:
>
> I used to work for a company and people would email them all the time.
> Way back ( 4 years ago), I remember there being a Python scrip that
> would actually validate if the number you put in it was a valid (not
> actual) credit card number.
> This may prove useful in eliminating some of the scrubbing of
> non-credit card numbers. I will have to see if it is still out on
> Google somewhere.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:17 PM, gk <gm5729@gmail.com> wrote:
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