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Clerk uses photographic memory to steal credit card info from 1,300 customers
[....] In Japan, though, a store clerk has stolen credit card information the old fashioned way: Looking at and memorizing the details of over 1,300 customers, according to local news.
The 34-year-old clerk worked at a mall in Koto City, near Tokyo. Police allege he memorized the 16-digit credit card number, security code and expiry date of customers during the small period of time it takes to complete a purchase transaction. This is all according to a translation by SoraNews of reports from Sankei News and Hachima Kiko publications.
Police added that, after arresting the clerk, they found a notebook containing the credit card details of 1,300 victims, reports ANN News. The scammer, despite apparently having a Sherlock Holmes level of memorization ability, led police straight to him by using stolen credit card information to buy two bags valued at 270,000 yen (approximately $2,500) -- which he then had mailed to his own address.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 09 2019, @10:08PM (4 children)
Bill "i never had sex with that woman" Clinton?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 09 2019, @10:24PM
Yeah, him. He was talking about Hillary. At home he's known as "Uncle Bill"
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday September 09 2019, @11:00PM (1 child)
Yes, that Bill. He can meet you one time, be introduced, talk for thirty seconds. If he doesn't meet you again for ten, fifteen, twenty years, he can still greet you by name when you see him again.
(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Tuesday September 10 2019, @10:32AM
That's a Photogenic Memory. I always remember the pretty ones.
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Tuesday September 10 2019, @09:09AM
Bill forgot he was married.