Card Spoof Shows Public Still Doesn't Understand What Visa Does

Published August 16, 2011, 7:54 p.m. EDT

Updated August 17, 2011, 5:59 p.m. EDT

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We feel compelled to remind you that The Onion is a satirical newspaper before we direct you to an article entitled “Visa Exposed As Massive Credit Card Scam.”

And we’re sure the worst part of it for Visa is that the jokers refer to the company as a “lender,” given the great lengths the world's largest payment network has gone to explain to the public that it merely runs the rails for transactions and does not issue credit.

But we kind of figured that was a losing battle last year when we heard this rap lyric: “Known to rock the finest [clothes] and eat the best pizza/Charge that [stuff] to MasterCard, already owe Visa” (emphasis is ours, and if you want to hear the uncensored version, plug in your headphones so as not to offend your coworkers and click here).

We feel compelled to remind you that this is a satirical newspaper before we direct you to an article entitled “Visa Exposed As Massive Credit Card Scam.” And we’re sure the worst part of it for Visa is that the Onion’s jokers refer to it as a “lender,” given the great lengths the company has gone to explain to the public that it merely runs the rails for payment transactions. But we kind of figured that was a losing battle last year when we heard this rap lyric: “Known to rock the finest [clothes] and eat the best pizza/Charge that [stuff] to MasterCard, already owe Visa” (emphasis is ours, and if you want to hear the uncensored version, plug in your headphones and click here).

Exposed:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/visa-exposed-as-massive-credit-card-scam,21136/

Lengths: http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2010/01/visa-does-not-issue-cards-or-extend-credit.html

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