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Old 12-10-2013, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
As it turns out someone just happened to mistype a digit or 2 on their account number.
Sorry - not possible, all the digits have to add up to the checksum. Change one digit and the card number is not a valid one, so the charge won't go through. It's known as the Luhn Algorithum. You can't just make up a card number. Reason you got charged was because your number was lifted somewhere including your expiration date.

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