u/Slight-Contest1407

For some reason, my store deals with a disproportionate amount of fraud. Year-to-date we’ve had around 40 cases, ranging from credit card fraud to fake IDs — and today alone we had four.
One of them I actually handled myself. My GM and I both knew the ID was fake, so rather than make a scene, I just “accidentally” entered the wrong information and killed the sale that way.
The one that really got under my skin was a Verizon transaction — a guy trying to get four iPhone 17 Pro Max devices on a fake Illinois ID. My supervisor told me we’re not allowed to intervene in Verizon transactions since it’s their system, so my hands were tied. But what bothered me most was that he ported in a phone number, and when I looked up the name attached to it, it was coming back to someone in New York — and we’re in the Midwest. That tells me he likely stole someone’s number, and with that, he can bypass two-factor authentication on bank accounts and basically own that person’s financial life.
My VPL didn’t even catch it until we started running the ID. By then it was mostly out of our hands.
I know it’s above my pay grade to chase down every fraud case, but I genuinely care about people. Watching something like that happen and not being able to stop it is just frustrating
DISCLAIMER: My mangers allow us to decline sales when we suspect fraud. I’m drunk so if it seems like they allow fraud they do not.

I applied for the apple card and when it prompted up i was pre approved i locked my trans union credit and clicked accept and i was still able to use the card. Is it a lope hole or something?