Posted on 10/23/2008 6:32:43 AM PDT by milwguy
We've previously noted the gusher of illegal campaign contributions flowing into the Obama campaign from contributors such as "Doodad Pro" and "Good Will." More recently, incidents have been reported in which people have seen credit card charges surface suggesting they donated to Barack Obama when they did not. Matthew Mosk and Sarah Cohen noted one such incident earlier this week:
Now comes the story of Mary T. Biskup, of Manchester, Missouri. Biskup got a call recently from the Obama campaign, which was trying to figure out why she donated $174,800 to the campaign -- well over the contribution limit of $2,300.
The answer she gave them was simple. "That's an error."
Is the Obama campaign knowingly receiving illegal contributions? Yesterday one of our readers reported the results of an experiment he conducted:
I've read recent reports of the Obama campaign receiving donations from dubious names and foreign locales and it got me wondering: How is this possible?
I run a small Internet business and when I process credit cards I'm required to make sure the name on the card exactly matches the name of the customer making the purchase. Also, the purchaser's address must match that of the cardholders. If these don't match, then the payment isn't approved. Period. So how is it possible that the Obama campaign could receive donations from fictional people and places? Well, I decided to do a little experiment. I went to the Obama campaign website and entered the following:
Name: John Galt Address: 1957 Ayn Rand Lane City: Galts Gulch State: CO Zip: 99999
Then I checked the box next to $15 and entered my actual credit card number and expiration date (it didn't ask for the 3-didgit code on the back of the card) and it took me to the next page and... "Your donation has been processed. Thank you for your generous gift."
This simply should not, and could not, happen in any business or any campaign that is honestly trying to vet it's donors. Also, I don't see how this could possibly happen without the collusion of the credit card companies. They simply wouldn't allow any business to process, potentially, hundreds of millions in credit card transactions where the name on the card doesn't match the purchasers name.
In short, with the system set up as it is by the Obama camp, an individual could donate unlimited amounts of money by simply making up fake names and addresses. And Obama is doing his best to facilitate this fraud. This is truly scandalous.
Our reader was not yet done. He tried the experiment on the McCain site: "I tried the exact same thing at the McCain site and it didn't allow the transaction." He then repeated the experiment at the Obama site:
I went back to the Obama site and made three additional donations using the names Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers, all with different addresses. All the transactions went through using the same credit card. I saved screenshots of the transactions.
Our reader reports, incidentally, that he was using his MasterCard for the contributions. We submit this report in the spirit of inquiry and would especially appreciate hearing from readers who can illuminate how credit card procedures might (or might not) allow this to happen.
These actions are likely illegal. Follow the money and do it fast, the election is only 12 days away!
Incredible!
Excellect work..
Why isn't the federal government trying to donate money to both McCain and Obama using fraudulent names and addresses? And trying to donate over $2300? If these transactions go through, people should go to jail and the news coverage should be a big deal.
I suspect that the fraud is so massive, and that the watchdogs are so aware of it, that everyone is afraid to let the truth come out. I think we're already living in a banana republic.
It will come out, AFTER the election. After it comes out, the MSM will be SHOCKED and the MEssiah will start his term enmeshed in scandal. Of course, he will throw his chief fundraiser under the bus with Jeremiah, his grandma, Father Pfleger, and the rest and claim he was not the fundraiser he once knew. The MSM will accept the sacrificial lamb fundraiser and O will go on like nothing happened.
Pinging Ellendra - any ideas?
Someone recently recommended I watch "The Lost City", where chaos was engineering during Batista times to bring about the Cuban revolution. Something like that COULD happen here!
Has anybody noticed how you can charge on your credit card and in some instances they don’t ask you to sign a receipt? I’ve noticed it on “to go” food purchases, and smaller purchases at places like Walgreens or Rite Aid. I believe the credit card companies have increased their “threshold” for credit card fraud - the small bit potatos that aren’t worth arguing over. I frankly think that they simply don’t care - and I also believe that many people don’t check their credit card statements, and if they do, and see a $20 charge to a place they don’t recognize, they don’t feel it’s large enough to dispute.
Who knows.... maybe they are hoping for a future bailout. I wouldn't put anything past the Chicago gang.
“The Lost City” is a beautiful film on many levels. It was clearly a labor of love by Andy Garcia telling a personal story of a family ripped apart by the Fidelista upper middle class who sided with the trampling of human rights in the name of “change.”
Still don’t know how this “cult of personality” has so pervaded our land.
“The Lost City” is a beautiful film on many levels. It was clearly a labor of love by Andy Garcia telling a personal story of a family ripped apart by the Fidelista upper middle class who sided with the trampling of human rights in the name of “change.”
Still don’t know how this “cult of personality” has so pervaded our land.
What really stinks is that Scott Johnson has now given $60 to Commibama’s campaign.
The difference is they swipe your card in the examples you are talking about. The act of swiping the card creates what the CC comapnies refer to as an ‘electronic’ signature which is proof of valid purchase. The only way you can dispute those is to claim someone stole your card. If you did not report the card stolen soon enough, you are still responsible for the fraudulent charges. With a computer or phone order, the requirements are much more strict for the merchant because if they do not get the correct infomation, the CC company will not pay the merchant. An incorrect name makes the purchase invalid and the merchant does not get paid.
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Everything comes out AFTER the election if he wins.
He’s taken down as the POTUS, complete with riot’s in the street.
Biden step’s up, Reed is brought on as VP.
Party at Pelosie’s house toasting the good job they did getting the White House.
Thank You. Just the thought that I've been trying to articulate about the current 'economic crisis'. Right on the money, so to speak.
This election may not be over until Inauguration Day, the way the lawsuits are likely to pile up (if there’s not a runaway McCain victory)
How much more obvious does it have to get? A check from a cave, payment in rupies????
Left unstated: did the charges actually show up on his credit card bill? That's the key here -- as it stands now, the transaction merely seems suspicious. It's not a real problem unless and until he ends up getting billed for it later.
You should forward this information to Hannity, O’Reilly, Drudge, Rush....
An Obama presidency would make the Clinton scandals look pale in comparison. This guy is a walking illegality.
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