Why do gas stations require a ZIP code for card payments while almost no other type of (physical) merchant requires this verification?
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My wife had her purse stolen out of her car. One of the things we learned as we cancelled the cards (as penny-level charges at gas stations showed up one by one) is that the thief will attempt to buy tiny amounts of gas…solely to determine if the card is still valid.
It was not too long after this that we started to have to enter our zip code at the pump. Not a bad idea, but it would have been easily subverted in my wife’s case (as they also had her ID in the purse).
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