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IanCal on March 29, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why are so many people being hit with £5 fines for...

> It links to identity of whoever purchased them with credit card.

How do you think this happens? The codes are not scanned at the shop.

> when transaction for these stamps was registered.

Where is this registered?

robk on March 29, 2024 [–]

I'd bet money in a forensic scenario they could look up the batch and then estimate the sequence and thus date of sale and pull the post office cctv footage.

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