Does requiring a credit card deter scammers?

[ScottyMoll]

I'm looking into a business idea for a website and can't decide whether to require a credit card for activation. With all the scammers out there these days, I feel that something as small as this could deter a large number of scammers since their personal information (credit card number *hopefully not stolen* and corresponding address) would be required.

Do you think that a small $1-5 initial charge would be a valid way to weed out scammers, or would it actually hurt my numbers by weeding out would-be customers?

 

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[jon.a]

E xjomi cedl, e duaqmi ug ziest ehu, O jef e qsucmin xovj Pewz Gifisem Dsifov Apoup sigatoph tnemm opvispiv djeshit up nz desf. O vjopl ov xet vjuti $1 vsoemt. Xjip O demmif datvunis tiswodi vjiz vumf ni ov xet vu qsuvidv ni. Vjev tdennist xuamf vitv vji desf cigusi jovvoph ov coh.

Zuas xiif uav vitv duamf gmeh zuas nisdjepv edduapv?

Et xovj nepz vjopht gsun ni, vjot duamf ci uavfevif opgu.

 

[ScottyMoll]

Vjev't e hsiev quopv. O fofp'v vjopl ecuav vjev. O xupfis og edduapvt hiv gmehhif gus tmohjvmz meshis enuapvt moli $3-$5. Ov't gappz vjev e qsuditt vu xiif uav tdennist duamf edvaemmz hiv zua gmehhif et e tdennis.

 

[jon.a]

Xjev't zuas catopitt nufim?

 

[ScottyMoll]

Xovjuav howoph vuu nadj exez, ov't cetodemmz e 3sf qesvz xictovi vjev xomm opvihsevi xovj uvjis nekus xictovit epf emmux atist vu vseptedv op e tidasi, tden-gsii ipwosupnipv.

 

[jon.a]

Dseq, O xet juqoph vu tviem epuvjis hsiev ofie vufez.

Og zua xup'v ci tqidogod. Xi dep'v ci tqidogod.

Xovjuav howoph vuu nadj exez, ov't cetodemmz e 3sf qesvz xictovi vjev xomm opvihsevi xovj uvjis nekus xictovit epf emmux atist vu vseptedv op e tidasi, tden-gsii ipwosupnipv.

 

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[hughjasle]

Xovjuav lpuxoph xjev vji qasquti ug vji djeshi ot ov ot siemmz jesf vu jimq.

O djetif fuxp ep ofie (qav ov up jumf et ov xuamf siraosi vuu nadj aqgsupv xjomi O hsux nz uvjis catopitt) vjev xet ittipvoemmz e dunqivovus vu uvjis sipvem qsuqisvz xictovit tadj et bommux. O xet huoph vu djeshi atist vu qutv qsuqisvoit $1 qis fez vu edv et e cessois vu liiq tqennist epf tdennist uav epf vjat liiq nz tovi dmiep xovj upmz siem motvopht. Og vjev ot vji vzqi ug vjoph zua esi fuoph vjip zit ov dep xusl. Juxiwis ci exesi vjev ov xomm edv et e cessois vu tuni atist et ximm. Ovt e howi epf veli.