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A 24-Year-Old Scammed Apple 42 Times In 16 Different States
redletterdave (2493036) writes "Sharron Laverne Parrish Jr., 24, allegedly scammed Apple not once, but 42 times, cheating the company out of more than $300,000 — and his scam was breathtakingly simple. According to a Secret Service criminal complaint, Parrish allegedly visited Apple Stores and tried to buy products with four different debit cards, which were all closed by his respective financial institutions. When his debit card was inevitably declined by the Apple Store, he would protest and offer to call his bank — except, he wasn't really calling his bank. So he would allegedly offer the Apple Store employees a fake authorization code with a certain number of digits, which is normally provided by credit card issuers to create a record of the credit or debit override. But that's the problem with this system: as long as the number of digits is correct, the override code itself doesn't matter."
It might have been 300k retail sales but it only cost Apple 500 bucks.
Because.... 42?
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So the ultimate question to life and everything is: "How many times was Apple ripped off by an single individual?"
Don't forget the free sex!
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A couple of iPhone cables, iTunes gift cards, iPod socks. Pretty soon it adds up.
Should I assume his parents REALLY wanted a girl?
Don't worry. He's called the parole board and says that they said he should be released as per override code number 12345.
My sci-fi novel, Ghost Thief, is now available from Amazon.com.
"Visa wakes up, takes a dump, then wipes its ass with $300,000 dollars."
This must be the reason that all those money laundering schemes exist.
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