Alleged Fake Credit Card User Faces Jail

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Alleged fake credit card user faces jail

Miss Waew-ta, a jewelry shop owner near Wat Chaimongkol, called Pattaya police to say that Nisar Anjum, 38, a British national, was attempting to purchase a gold necklace from her shop with a phony credit card.

Nisar Anjum sits with police whilst trying to explain why his allegedly English credit card would have been issued by a bank in Malaysia, and without his name on it.

She held the card and his passport until the police arrived. Anjum told the officers that the DBS credit card he handed her in payment for a one-baht gold necklace belonged to him. He said he got it from a bank in England. Police, however, could not find Anjum’s name on the card, and also discovered that the card was issued by Affin Bank of Malaysia.

Police said if Anjum were found using false plastic cards to pay for items, he would face a one-year prison term or a 100,000 baht fine, or both.

-Pattaya Mail

Friday August 12 - August 18, 2005

[Firefan]

There are cards out there where one can chose not to have a name on.

Not saying this guy is legit (or not) though (but if really a fake - would onr then not ensure a name got put on it...?). Cheers!

[Pattaya_Fox]

There are cards out there where one can chose not to have a name on.

Not saying this guy is legit (or not) though (but if really a fake - would onr then not ensure a name got put on it...?). Cheers!

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These no name cards are usually pre loaded by yourself i.e. you pay say £1000 and that is loaded into the card as your credit amount and then you top up as you go.

As far as I know they can only be used for online purchases via the internet.

The strange thing here is that this young man says that he was issued the card in the UK and yet DBS (Development Bank of Singapore) seems only to issue cards in Asia.

An issuing bank in Malaysia would seem a more feasable source.