Here is another reader question that we got:<\/p>\n
I am a business owner who just got scammed by a male customer. He gave us a credit card to hold while he pumpled his gas and then drove off. My employee didn’t realize that the card was in a female’s name. The name of the card holder is xyz (not revealing real name obviously), I have her account number but didn’t want to give it out over the internet.<\/p>\n
We did try to run the card just to see what would happen and it said to call the merchant service. We knew right then it was a stolen card.<\/p>\n
Please call me at xxx-xxx-xxx for more information.<\/p>\n
Owner Pam Peeples<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My thoughts<\/b> – Pam, couple of things spring to mind.<\/p>\n
1. Have you reported this to the police? You should if you have not.<\/p>\n
2. The credit card might have the thief’s fingerprints. I hope that both you and your employee have not smudged it! If there is a fingerprint and the person has a criminal background, then it would be easy for the police to identify the person.<\/p>\n
3. Do you have a camera in your gas station (that’s what I presume)? If you do, identifying the guy would be easier. If not, then maybe that is something you would want to consider.<\/p>\n
4. Just wondering : but if the card has a female name and the person was a guy, why did you even try to swipe it and charge it?<\/p>\n
I would also go further and actually call the credit card company and tell them about this incident and that they should cancel the card, inform the card holder and issue a new card to her. You should report it to the police as well. At the very least, you employee will be able to give the police a description of the guy and a police sketch of the person. The police might just be able to catch the person based on your employee’s description.<\/p>\n
Even if you report to the police, there is no guarantee that person will ever be caught. Hence, just be prepared to write this off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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