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[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's no way someone is this smooth brained lol...

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I can believe it, people have genuinely thought they were being given a credit card with a limit, and the balance was free money.

I'd love to see someone max out a bunch of cards and just leave the country though.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The amount you would get away with would just not be worth ending your life in that country.

[–] LufyCZ 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you have stronger credit and want to leave anyway, I think it'd be dumb not to take advantage of it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

It depends on which country you plan on going to. It's not impossible for debts to chase you across borders, even if they can't make you pay, they can still trash your credit rating.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Idk, you might want to return one day. And trust me they don't forget

[–] LufyCZ 4 points 2 years ago

Ah yeah they do forget, after a decade or two.

You're not going to jail for non-payment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was thinking of someone planning to leave anyway.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

It's still not worth it I think, but it's probably been done a fair amount of times

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Doesn't take debt to want to leave the US.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I know a dude that did that. Left till his 7yrs (or whatever) ran out and came back debt free.