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When arriving at a gas station to pump gas, what is the consequence for unknowingly using someone elses card to fill your tank and finish their transaction?​

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Step-by-step explanation:

The people that use someone else card to fill your tank is called Skimmers. Skimmers are illegal card readers attached to payment terminals. It’s illegal to use someone else’s credit card if you are not an authorized user on their account. It is illegal to use someone else's credit card.

However, that doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed jail time. Your consequences depend on several factors, including:

Whether you have a criminal defense lawyer

If you’re a first-time offender

How much you spent on the credit card

Whether the credit card holder presses charges

Whether the cardholder can prove you were the one who made the charges

Whether you intentionally or unintentionally used the card

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