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Re: CVV numbers
From: Alexandre Carmel-Veilleux <acv () miniguru ca>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:18:15 -0400
On 2012-06-09, at 10:56, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
How does having the CVV number prove the card is in my possession?
It doesn't, it merely proves you must have handled the card physically at some point since storing that value in a database is forbidden. Verified by Visa and the MasterCard equivalent actually "prove" that you are the rightful card holder. Unlike CVV numbers, they actually exempt the merchant from chargebacks (or did circa 2003). Alex
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- Re: CVV numbers Owen DeLong (Jun 09)
- Re: CVV numbers Alexandre Carmel-Veilleux (Jun 09)
- Re: CVV numbers Wayne E Bouchard (Jun 09)
- Re: CVV numbers Barry Shein (Jun 09)
- Re: CVV numbers John Adams (Jun 09)
- Re: CVV numbers Scott Howard (Jun 09)
- Re: CVV numbers Matthew Palmer (Jun 09)
- Re: CVV numbers Owen DeLong (Jun 09)
- Re: CVV numbers Lynda (Jun 09)
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- Re: CVV numbers Scott Howard (Jun 09)
- Re: CVV numbers Aled Morris (Jun 09)
- Re: CVV numbers Barry Shein (Jun 10)
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