He hadn't asked for the last *four* digits. He'd asked for the last *seven* digits. At the time, I'd found that very frustrating, but now - "The first nine digits are the same for every card you issue, right?" I asked the VP.
I'd given him my *entire* card number.
God*dammit*.
The thing is, I know a *lot* about fraud. I'm writing an entire *series of novels* about this kind of scam:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle
12/
Cory Doctorow /
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