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elcharrosays
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A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal?
#7614308 - 11/09/07 09:52 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Campaign Fund Used To Test Stolen Credit Cards CBS 11 News
(CBS 11 News) CROWLEY Officials say thieves used a presidential campaign to rip people off.
Christine Horton of Crowley said her account was charged several times to support Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.
"I had never even heard of him," she said. "I was like, 'Oh my God! Someone is stealing from me."
Monday the Paul campaign made history. They raised more than $4 million online in 24 hours from more than 36,000 contributors.
Frost Bank investigators discovered overseas thieves used Paul's Web site to test stolen cards with $5 contributions.
"The Ron Paul campaign has noticed that dozens, perhaps hundreds of these charges have occurred," said Jesse Benton, a finance coordinator for Congressman Paul's campaign. "We are in the process of refunding that money."
Five hundred credit card numbers were stolen from Frost Bank, but fraud management teams spotted the unauthorized charges and notified customers immediately.
The bank refunded money from nearly 100 customers and canceled all 500 credit cards. Paul's campaign refunded $3,000 in stolen funds.
"He's getting money, stolen money," said Horton. "Whether he's affiliated with it or not, I have no clue. But it's too fishy."
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: elcharrosays]
#7614349 - 11/09/07 10:01 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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heh, because $3000 in stolen contributions is totally worth it.
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: elcharrosays]
#7614477 - 11/09/07 10:33 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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This is old news. The scumbag thieves used his campaign as a testing site to check for which of the stolen card numbers were still active. That's why the donations were only $5.00 each. As soon as this was discovered, the campaign returned the money back to the banks immediately.
Only someone who hates Paul would choose his site to test stolen credit cards at. RP supporters would like to get their hands on the scum that did it too.
There is no scandal and this is old news.
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johnm214



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Horton sounds like an idiot:
1. Who is ron paul? (I'm an oblivious idiot) 2. Oh, I need to update my account information? Okay I'll fill out that form... never mind the URL doesn't match the link. 3. Something's fishy... wtf... yeah, that extra .1% really helped out the campaign.
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: johnm214]
#7615809 - 11/09/07 03:34 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sounds like a good way to slander Ron Paul's campaign.
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: WScott]
#7615815 - 11/09/07 03:35 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Who? Ron Paul? What's that, an infection?
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: zappaisgod]
#7615845 - 11/09/07 03:41 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: Who? Ron Paul? What's that, an infection?
Yes, and it's gone Viral!
As MTV says, the truth infects!
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: elcharrosays]
#7616420 - 11/09/07 06:54 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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"He's getting money, stolen money," said Horton. "Whether he's affiliated with it or not, I have no clue. But it's too fishy."
what a fucking douchebag...
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: afoaf]
#7616717 - 11/09/07 08:18 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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afoaf said: "He's getting money, stolen money," said Horton. "Whether he's affiliated with it or not, I have no clue. But it's too fishy."
what a fucking douchebag...
my thoughts exactly... how exactly is he getting stolen money? The bank simply reverses the funds. If anyone loses out its the Paul campaign for having to pay chargeback fees to its credit processor.
Any consumers who were victimized by this were idiots. Not to say they deserved it, but its not like these numbers just pop out of the sky... when foreigners get your card number its almost always a result of phishing... how many foreign cc fraud operations have connections w/ stateside operatives that skim card info at the gas station? Prolly not too many
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: elcharrosays]
#7617901 - 11/10/07 08:46 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just goes to show how naïve Ron Paul devotees are to believe anyone who says they're working for their guru and getting their money and identity stolen. Sounds like the thieves might work for my Christian Crusader ChurchTM, I'll check it out at the next meeting.
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: Luddite]
#7619015 - 11/10/07 02:13 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Luddite said: Just goes to show how naïve Ron Paul devotees are to believe anyone who says they're working for their guru and getting their money and identity stolen. Sounds like the thieves might work for my Christian Crusader ChurchTM, I'll check it out at the next meeting.
Praise Jesus and pass the ammunition!!!
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: johnm214]
#7621159 - 11/11/07 06:55 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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She thinks it's fishy? WTF is up with that? Someone STOLE credit card numbers and donated $5 per card. What a dumb bitch.
Of course, we all forgot that Bush probably received stolen funds for his campaign. Did we all forget Worldcomm and Enron? Two HUGE supporters of the Bush run for Presidency. And then both companies go down because their CEOs were stealing.
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: trippindad82]
#7621751 - 11/11/07 11:53 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Not only that, the cheap $5 dollar amounts were just test amounts to see if the cards were active. Whoever did it also knew that when the cards were going to be reported as stolen, it would reflect badly on his campaign.
Whoever did it was no supporter of Ron Paul, trying to help get him elected.
The Paul campaign immediately returned all of the money on every card reported stolen and like someone else said, were the victims of this because they still had to pay for the transactions fees of accepting and returning so many piddly amounts.
Paul is an honest, credible man of great integrity and some media will stoop really low, stretching to paint him in a bad light anyway they can. It just reflects poorly on such reporters in my view for pumping out libelous trash to get some readers.
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No matter how hard they try they can't stop us now!
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: Mojo_Risin]
#7626505 - 11/12/07 04:07 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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yes they can.
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: a_guy_named_ai]
#7626536 - 11/12/07 04:13 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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jonathan_206 said: yes they can.
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: johnm214]
#7627426 - 11/12/07 07:12 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Oh man what a wild and crazy world we live in.
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: Mojo_Risin]
#7644774 - 11/16/07 03:57 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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They don't want Ron Paul to win. If he wins we win.
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gettinjiggywithit said: Not only that, the cheap $5 dollar amounts were just test amounts to see if the cards were active.
Fucking Russians. 100% parasite.
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Re: A possible Ron Paul campaign scandal? [Re: Conservationist]
#7653036 - 11/18/07 11:08 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Don't forget the nigerians'

I think their scams amount to double digit percentage of their gross domestic product by some estimates...
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