Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 8, 1970 Page: 4 of 10
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dant and remains in the car. In
the station, and out of sight,
a dishonest attendant imprints
the card number on two sets
of invoices. The invoice given
to the customer is correct. The
second invoice, prepared for a
higher amount, is submitted to
the customer’s signature forged.
When the customer receives his
bill he will notice not only the
forgery, but also that his orig-
inal copy of the invoice and
the billing copy have different
serial numbers.
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the saved invoices with i copies
received in the billing, for
agreement in detail.
Should discrepancies be dis-
covered in the comparison, the
customer should write imme-
diately to the credit card com-
pany, enclosing photo-copies of
the slips which indicate mistakes
or possible fraud — the copy
{he customer retained after
purchase and the copy submit-
ted with the bill. Keep the ori-
ginal evidence among personal
Sometimes into the complaint. If a station J
manager is involved they may <
cancel his lease. If an atten- I
dant is involved they may fire J
him. '
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To avoid the personal incon- •
venience, and help stop the ,
spread of the “kiting” swindle, '
the American Automobile Asso- 1
ciation urges motorists to:
— Keep the attendant and
credit card constantly in sight.
Before signing, compare invoice
figures with those on the gas
pump (both gallons and price)
and with the known cost of*
other purchases, such as oil. In-
sist that all relevant blanks be
completed. Check tabulations
made by the attendant.
—Always save the customer’s
copy of the invoice as the only
real protection against being
overbilled. Read and compare | papers.
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July 8, 1970
First
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R. G. K. DEERING
, \ditor, Owner and Publisher
Wintered in the Post Office at
Burleson, Texas, as second class
mail matter.
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Only Texas and Califorhia
produces more cotton than
Mississippi.
AAA Reports
Credit Card
Swindle, Growing
Chances of a motorist finding
irregularities .in the monthly
accounting of his gas-and-oil
credit card charge* are grow-
ing, warns the American Auto-
mobile Association, Texas Di-
vision.
Wm. M. C o f f e y, the auto
club’s General Manager, ex-
plains that cases of fraudulent
altering of credit card charges
by service station attendants
are being increasingly reported
t>y members of the American
Automobile Association.
“The vast majority of service
station owners and employees
are scrupulously honest,’’ Mr.
Coffee said, “and they resent
the few who prey upon the
public. Honest station operators
believe, as we do, that an alert
consumer helps to do away with
practices that demean the repu-
tation of an entire industry."
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Today, the surest mean* of a
hook becoming a beat seller is
for the author to highlight and
denounce bitterly the faults of
thia country. The «ame can be
•aid of televiaion and the mov>
iea, which prefer in there mod-
ern daya to depict the seamier
aide of life in America.
But theic’a hope. At I have
moved aero** this state, I have
sensed that nur people are
growing weary of gloom. It's
becoming easier to strike up a
conversation on what’s right .
about Americ^.^
I always •ufcgr«{* tlisTTBere
are a lot more level heads in
thia country than we are some
times led to believe. There are
a lot mote decent, law-abiding
citiaens than there are crimi*
nals and cheats and -harks.
There are a lot more young
people in tl»e "now" generation
who want to improse America
than the handful of radical*
who want to burn it to a»hra
and start all over.
I can understand why .the
“rngjority" has broken its "si-
knee." There's a growing im-
patience with agitation and
controversy . But I fed we
should ronfinnn~j0'/app9oach
our nation's problems with a
cool head and an open mind.
I’ve listened to the voices
of diaaent. I think I know what
they’re a<king of their govern-
ment.
One thing they want ia con-
fidence. They want the aesur-
anre that their public officials .
have the courage to meet the
issues of the 1970« with imagi^,
nation and integrity,-anrf not,
with some form of “old poll**1
tie*" that (brashes around with
problems hut never quite lo-
cates the workable solutions.
It was my desire to answer
this urgent need that prompted
me in January to seek the office
of United States Senator.
^aM for bv Bentssn for Senator
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petrated in either of two ways: credit card over to the atten-
1. The service station atten-
dant handwrites the correct
amount of the purchase in the
appropriate blanks of the in-
voice, but uses an imprinting
device to record a higher total
sales figure in the Upper right-
hand corner. Even if the dis-
crepancy in the figures is dis-.the credit card company with
covered by the customer and
corrected on the customer’s
copy of the invoice, the atten-
dant sometimes retains another
copy — uncorrected — which
is submitted to the billing com-
n*ny. The attendant simply al-
handwritten figure* an,---The motorist' who discovers
the billing copy to agree with and reports apparent fraud to
the imprinted (higher) figure, his credit card company, ordi-
The company unwittingly bills narily finds that the company
the motorist for the amount of will .adjust the amount of the
the imprinted figure — which bilk Usually the company will
is the only figure "read” by conduct its own investigation
billing computers, f
the fraudulent total represents
an amount of gasoline “purchas-
ed," which is more than the
automobile’s gas tank will hold.
A typical fraud case involves an
amount exactly $10 higher than
The swindle is called “kiting,” i the actual bill should be.
and d most commonly is per- 2. The motorist hands his
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Deering, R. G. K. Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 8, 1970, newspaper, July 8, 1970; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1267132/m1/4/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.