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FRAUD INVESTIGATION: ActBlue Caught Ignoring CVV Codes On Donations

FRAUD INVESTIGATION: ActBlue Caught Ignoring CVV Codes On Donations
By: WLT Report Posted On: August 10, 2024 View: 24

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CVV.

It’s the 3 digits on the back of your debit or credit card.

Stands for card verification value.

It’s used to identify the holder of the card is actually in possession of the card.

If they don’t have the 3 digits, then maybe they just took a photo of card, and then they’d have the credit card digits and expiration date.

The CVV helps prevent that.

Turns out that the Democrat’s fundraising platform, ActBlue, has made sure that the CVV function has been turned OFF.

That’s odd.

“So then if I take a photo of some stranger’s card, not having the CVV on the back, I could use it to donate to my favorite Democrat nominee?”

Yes you can!

Was this a simple mistake?

Or something more?

Political columnist on X writes:

Lemme explain what just happened, for those of you in Rio Linda… ⁨

Texas Attorney General ⁨Ken Paxton just forced ActBlue to turn on the CVV feature that’s been allowed to be TURNED OFF for Dem CC donations since 200-freaking EIGHT when Obama started this bullshit.⁩

Obama started it in 2008, did it again in 2012, got away with it, so did Clinton in 2016, then Biden in 2020.

Only now….NOW!…have state AG’s taken action to ENFORCE THE FREAKING LAW and make these guys turn the CCV back on.

With this feature now turned back on, this means the massive amounts of SMURFING that Democrats have been doing with ActBlue is directly threatened.

Fox News reports:

Rep. Claudia Tenney, (R) N.Y., demanded in a letter Thursday that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) investigate recent allegations “of fraudulent, deceptive, and potentially illegal behavior” on the part of ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform that’s hauled in millions of dollars in donations for Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign and its affiliated entities.

Tenney, who co-chairs the House Election Integrity Caucus, cited in the letter addressed to FEC Chair Sean Cooksey and Vice Chair Ellen Weintraub “significant public reporting on anomalous transaction activity involving hundreds of thousands of dollars.” According to the agency’s publicly available data, Tenney wrote, “numerous individuals have allegedly donated to ActBlue thousands of times annually.” However, “it was reported many of these individuals were unaware their names and addresses were being used to make thousands of dollars in political donations.”

The FEC declined to comment on the letter. Fox News Digital reached out to ActBlue regarding the allegations, but it did not immediately respond.

The letter noted ActBlue did not require a card verification value (CVV) number to complete a transaction, unlike most online platforms engaged in e-commerce. Relative to campaign contributions, Tenney said using CVV numbers “is an effective antifraud measure that prevents unlawful transactions that violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S. Code 30101-30145, and various state election laws.”

“Given the deliberate lack of security in their donation practices, it is unsurprising that ActBlue could be exploited for fraudulent activities,” Tenney wrote. “Recognizing that foreign actors use fake accounts to exploit donation systems lacking robust verification safeguards, most individual campaigns and political action committees (PACs) require CVV numbers to donate online. However, despite its widespread use among its online counterparts, ActBlue deliberately chooses not to require CVV numbers for donations, possibly facilitating fraudulent activities and foreign interference in our electoral system.”

The Gateway Pundit adds:

In a significant development in the ongoing investigation led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the major Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue has agreed to enhance its security measures by requiring the inclusion of CVV codes for credit card donations.

This change comes after Paxton’s office issued a supplemental civil investigative demand in December 2023, following numerous allegations of fraud facilitated through the platform.

ActBlue, a prominent fundraising tool primarily used by Democratic candidates and organizations, has faced scrutiny for allegedly allowing donors to bypass critical security protocols.

One of the central issues in Paxton’s investigation is ActBlue’s previous failure to require donors to provide their Card Verification Value (CVV) codes when making credit card donations. The CVV code is a standard security feature designed to prevent unauthorized transactions and protect against fraud.

This is the same ActBlue that James O’Keefe did a report on, involving money laundering:

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