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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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After 9/11 many illegal Asians in USA did some kind...

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01font00After 9/11 many illegal Asians in USA did some kind of fraud by using credit cards. They defrauded credit card companies of billion dollars, and then fled USA. How did they do it? How could one defraud someone by using credit card? Did they loan money from credit card companies and then fled without returning money back?02font0-
  

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12b 12br 12br 11font 10After 9/11 many illegal Asians in USA did some kind of fraud by using credit cards. They defrauded credit card companies of billion dollars, and then fled USA. How did they do it?

— Feebs11

  • 12b 12br 12br 11font 10After 9/11 many illegal Asians in USA did some kind of fraud by using credit cards.
  • They defrauded credit card companies of billion dollars, and then fled USA.
  • How did they do it?
  • How could one defraud someone by using credit card?
  • 12font 12br 12blockquote 10The crime is "commit fraud"02br 02br 00You "borrow money from" and "lend money to"02br 02br 00"Return something" - give back something -- "back " is redundant.
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01cite10Jackson661212cite11b10Is the following text correct?12b12br
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11font10After 9/11 many illegal Asians in USA did some kind of fraud by using credit cards. They defrauded credit card companies of billion dollars, and then fled USA. How did they do it? How could one def
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0 IT may be grammatically correct with Feebs's amendments but I doubt it is correct (true) as a statement. 0-
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0"Defraud" is okay to use. Is it an Americanism?02br
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00Use "the USA" not just "USA"02br
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00And I completely agree with Nona's comment about the likely truth of this.0-
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00What I said is true. That was the text from my posting in the Topic of the Moment.0-
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0 That topic has been deleted. Please check your emails. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10That topic has been deleted. Please check your emails.12blockquote
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01font00I have posted that topic again with some changes. I hope you won't find any problem with it now. I t
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0New topic is ok 05000.02br
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00That was in fact a little unintentional racial slur. This is ok. (to some extent, not necessary here. Also 'to some extent' means that it is partly true. So it would be saying that it was partly an unintentional slur, but partly a deliberate slur).010id1
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10New topic is ok 15010.12br
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10That was in fact a little unintentional racial slur. This is ok. (to some extent, not necessary here. Also 'to some extent' means that it is partly true. So it would be saying that it was partly an unintentional slur, but partly a deliberate slur).
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0 I've been told that I'm a bit agressive with my editing but I'd make a few alterations: 01i00After 9/11 many Asians in the USA 01font00illegally02font00 committed some kind 01font02font00of 01font00credit card fraud02font00. They defrauded credit card co
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01cite10Bokeh12cite10I've been told that I'm a bit agressive with my editing but I'd make a few alterations: 11i10After 9/11 many Asians in the USA 11font11b11u10illegally12u12b12font10 committed some kind 11font12font
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