# What happened with this attempted CC scam/fraud?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-attempted-cc-scam-fraud/999185>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 22, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-attempted-cc-scam-fraud/999185 "2024-03-22T05:54:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-attempted-cc-scam-fraud/999185/61 "2024-04-01T20:56:35Z")

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> [@markn\_1](#):
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> Really? Is that in Canada? Maybe it’s different there; I have never had that happen at a US gas station. You don’t have to tell the pump how much you plan to spend. You just scan your card, pump your gas, and it charges you.

That’s also the case in Quebec and Ontario, the only provinces I have bought gas in.

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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-attempted-cc-scam-fraud/999185/62 "2024-04-01T21:17:38Z")

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I can’t do that . I can either

1. pay with credit card and pump my own gas. Can’t enter any maximum. If I want to just put $20 worth in, I have to watch and stop when the meter gets to $20

2. pay with either a credit card or cash at a full service pump. I have no idea what they do when I say $20 but I’m sure it’s the same procedure whether it’s cash or credit  
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3. pay with cash inside and they will authorize the pump for the amount I paid.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-attempted-cc-scam-fraud/999185/63 "2024-04-02T00:30:36Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> That’s _probably_ not a tap reader. That’s a chip reader. Those are not the same things.

Ah, thanks.

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