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Changing card numbers isn't enough. (none / 0) (#2)
by bytehead on Fri Aug 19, 2005 at 08:42:57 PM PDT

My wife had AOL. I got things running under cable modem, and we canceled the service. We also had the credit card compromised (our oldest set of twins had memorized the number and the expiration date) which also partly had to do with AOL. We would set up limits on their accounts, they would login as my wife, and reset the password with her card number, and then reset their accounts back to full 24/7 access. We cancelled AOL, and got new card numbers. Somehow, AOL managed to get their hooks into the new card number, and started charging us again.

I don't know how my wife did it, but she managed to actually get the account canceled. This was right after the Ohio AG got some damages against AOL for not cancelling accounts.



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