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Could it be a crypto - no refund thing?
Is it even possible to buy a SYS server with crypto? I don't think so
Could it be a stolen credit card - no refund thing?
Very possible!!
Wouldn't it be reported and then server cancelled? People be cuckoo here.
I second...
What sort of a credit card do you have where you're not notified in the close to a week it takes to transfer?
A credit card holder has up to two billing cycles to report a fraudulent charge.
A computer or a smartphone is not required to apply for a credit card.
The cardholder needs to receive the monthly statement in the mail in order to know about the charges, and then report the unauthorized charge by writing a letter to the bank.
Could it be easily cancelled? As it's not the same owner. Not sure it's even legally possible for OVH to cancel the server once it has been transferred, because there has been a problem with the first owner's payment method.
This is definitely possible but most likely that's not the case here. People who do carding can buy other things like amazon gift cards or even big ticket items like phones and sell those. Why would they bother with servers on LET?
If it is indeed carding then a chargeback happens. I think the server would be cancelled 100%
Thanks, will try that
If a server ordered with stolen credit card cannot be cancelled after it's transferred, anyone who has a stolen card and wants a server could buy in one account and keep the free server in another account.
Yeah but this would imply first the server is paid for months/years. If it's just one month (like it's the case here) this would make little sense as "another account" would be billed, and would have to be a decent customer.
Notified in what way? For me, it'd show up on my next bill, but I don't look at them usually. I buy so much shit online, the only ones doing extra validation is if the vendor (eg, best buy, Newegg) signed up. So if didn't get prevented at time of purchase, they scored a server. If someone had my physical Amazon card, they could use it forever so long as i never had one of my purchases declined and make me look into it.
You guys don't get texts on your cell when making purchases?
OVH/SYS will probably do nothing to your server if their is a financial issue with previous owner. You're a different person, it is their responsibility and their own problem. Getting the server transferred, is somehow like renting the server from them, only exception, instead of going back to the pool then rebought by someone, it is done directly. When getting a server from server auction at hetzner, are you responsible for whatever shit an old user of the server did?
depends, never when I pay to Amazon, Paypal, dell (US) or an American website in general. Always when I try to pay in EU.
I guess i could enable something, but it would mean it wasn't necessarily automatic. For some purchases, I get the option of an email or text, but not always (hmm, maybe going by amount? Not sure). Not even the majority. Both my bank and credit cards have text or email for login to the accounts online. I guess I'm falsely confident any fraud will be reversed easily if stolen but I'm not properly checking my statements for fraud. I can say if it has some unfamiliar name and hosting or servers in it and it's $50 or less, I wouldn't bat an eye.
Last discussion with my credit card companies about this, is that their anti fraud has "AI" on it. I haven't had to notify them of going out of country in a few years where previously it would trigger an alert and cause me hassles.