> It’s not fair to [AT&T] because they’re losing a pretty substantial amount of money.
AT&T isn't even bothering to check photo ID. Being defrauded is a risk they have eagerly assumed. Presumably they make more money this way, despite fraud.
Exactly. I put a majority of the blame on these companies that for some reason can't be bothered to check an ID.
On the back of my debit and credit card I sign it with "Check ID" since the cashier is supposed to at minimum verify the signature. I've had cards stolen multiple times and have had them used before I could cancel them. So much for verifying the signature.
The way I've heard it, your signature on the card is actually your acceptance of the contract with the issuing bank, so they are Not Okay with "check id" there instead. The merchant is just expected to verify that the card has been signed, not try to match signatures (doing that correctly requires very rare expertise).
Obviously I don't expect them to do a point by point comparison of the signature, but they are supposed to at least make sure it's there. Writing 'Check ID' should get them to check my ID every time, but so few even look at the card.
This is a funny prank where a guy went out trying to get people to actually look at the back of the card :)
AT&T isn't even bothering to check photo ID. Being defrauded is a risk they have eagerly assumed. Presumably they make more money this way, despite fraud.