Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!ark From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: A new topic -- pressure from the victims Message-ID: <3981@alice.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 17:55:01 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.3981 Posted: Thu Jul 11 17:55:01 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 09:10:16 EDT References: <1094@ihuxb.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 27 >> Example: a restaurant that refused to accept a traveler's check >> unless I showed them my driver's license. > I would like to know that if someone stole my traveler's cheques, they > would have a tough time cashing them because they would need to identify > themselves with a personal photo-bearing driver's license. >> Example: these days, when you pay for something with a credit card, >> the merchant will probably insist that you supply your name, address, >> and phone number. > Again, this is to detect the use of stolen cards. Bull. When I buy traveler's checks, I am supposed to sign them as soon as I get them. When I use them, I am supposed to sign them a second time in the presence of the person accepting them. A traveler's check with the same signature on it in two places is negotiable. Someone who is capable of accurately forging a signature while someone else watches is also capable of forging a driver's license. And do you really think that someone who has stolen a credit card will give a real address and phone number when using it? Merchants don't try to verify the information, they just demand it.