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chupacabra · 10-24-2002, 11:30 AM

well, this week we have had the most chargebacks in one week *ever*... 4 total for the week as of today, and all of them originate from female names! i'm not too concerned since they are all foreign (non US) customers, and i guess the ratio is 2.5% for them, but still...

processors, please start scrubbing female names! as i go back over the months and look at our few chargebacks, near all of them are female names... nothing against the ladies of course, but it seems much of these are fraudulent, kids using their mothers creditcards perhaps? i don't know, i just know that the day i am sending in my VISA registration, i am becoming more and more concerned about chargebacks, and 4 in one week is unprecendented to us.

i know, i know, it would be difficult to scrub based on gender, its just frustrating... anyone else observe this before? should we be just cancelling and refunding sign-up's that are attached to female names in the future to avoid this? no girls allowed? heh, what a sad state of affairs..

10-24-2002, 11:30 AM
chupacabra Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,626	*processors, please* start scrubbing female names!** well, this week we have had the most chargebacks in one week ever... 4 total for the week as of today, and all of them originate from female names! i'm not too concerned since they are all foreign (non US) customers, and i guess the ratio is 2.5% for them, but still... processors, please start scrubbing female names! as i go back over the months and look at our few chargebacks, near all of them are female names... nothing against the ladies of course, but it seems much of these are fraudulent, kids using their mothers creditcards perhaps? i don't know, i just know that the day i am sending in my VISA registration, i am becoming more and more concerned about chargebacks, and 4 in one week is unprecendented to us. i know, i know, it would be difficult to scrub based on gender, its just frustrating... anyone else observe this before? should we be just cancelling and refunding sign-up's that are attached to female names in the future to avoid this? no girls allowed? heh, what a sad state of affairs..