[registrars] Re: Credit Card Proposal

["Michael Brody" <mbrody@tldsystems.com>]

On a related note I have what I guess falls into the catagory of a 'newbie' 
question.  If a domain is registered with a fradulent credit card,  and the 
fraud is reported to the registrar.  Who becomes the 'owner' of that domain 
name? 

Michael Brody 

Michael D. Palage writes: 

> Bob, 
> 
> The fraud prevent mechanisms vary far and wide, and I am not adopting any
> specific mechanism. I am of the opinion that registries are not unsympatheic
> to our situation.  However, I believe they want to make sure that registrars
> are doing everything they can to minimize fraud as opposed to just asking
> the registries to give them a credit. 
> 
> This is why I call my proposal a middle of the road approach where both
> parties meet somewhere in the middle. Obviously if the registries and
> registrars choose to maintain entrenched positions then the status quo will
> be preserved and the registrars will continue to bear the full burden of
> credit card charge backs. 
> 
> Mike 
> 
>  
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
>> Behalf Of Robert F. Connelly
>> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 12:53 PM
>> To: Registrar Constituency
>> Subject: Re: [registrars] Credit Card Proposal 
>>
>>
>> At 12:38 PM 2/24/03 -0500, Michael D. Palage wrote:
>> >  An additional requirement for the registrar to obtain this
>> refund would
>> > be the demonstration that the registrar employs a certain minimum level
>> > of fraud prevention mechanism,
>> >i.e. CVV2, address verification, etc. 
>>
>> Dear Michael:  I had not heard that. On Wednesday, Rick mentioned
>> "heuristics" as relates to the compatibility of telephone area code with
>> address. 
>>
>> Could you give more information on CVV2? 
>>
>> Recently, some gasoline stations here in Henderson are asking for the zip
>> code of the credit card.  I have to key in the zip code *number*.
>>  Could be
>> hard on our Canadian visitors to the States, their postal codes
>> have alpha
>> content;-{ 
>>
>> Regards, BobC 
>>
>> 
>>
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