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Ask HN: How can I report a financial fraud ring?
A scammer contacted me on reddit to invite me to join his carding ring. They are using people's stolen identities to open bank accounts in their name, making fraudulent Amazon purchases with that account, and then selling the Amazon goods on ebay before finally laundering the profits through crypto.
I think the scammer made an error though, which is that he posted his coinbase account url directly in the invitation email.
The scam is structured so that all of the "students" send crypto payments directly to the ringleader; seems fairly simple to find the ringleader's account and then find the rest of the ring by tracing who is sending money to that account.
Here's the intro video I was sent where you can see the coinbase account (I copied the video and made a youtube backup):
https://vimeo.com/user188604890?embedded=true&source=owner_name&owner=188604890 https://vimeo.com/user188604890?embedded=true&source=owner_n...
https://youtu.be/eZGqHx8NS1o https://youtu.be/eZGqHx8NS1o
Here's also the original text message I was sent:
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The only time you'll be invited. Read thoroughly.
Online Carding is when you buy compromised credit card details for $10-$20 via autoshops (jstash, feshop, yalelodge, etc) and use it to place big orders on online sites like Amazon, BestBuy, etc.
Assuming you could navigate Amazon's fraud detection, you could place an $800 order using the card. What I do is simple, I provide a mentorship where I will (1-on-1) walk you through making at least $3,500 per week through routinely carding Amazon, start to finish, in exchange for less than 1/10th of the profit you make long-term. This is 100% digital.
ALL students make over $3,500 per week from this, some nearing up to $6,000.
What I'm about to show you is heavily substantiated with mountains of indisputable proof.
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Over 1,100+ positive rep on Empire from when I used to sell guides. (omnision | 2,900+ total rep, 4.93 ). Teaching carding since 2017.
TWO vouching channels where students routinely post proof of their success.
Students follow thorough guidelines when vouching, providing objective proof that their success is REAL and CURRENT.
Students join via Selly, which means ALL students can rate me & leave feedback, and you can see it prior to joining.
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MENTORSHIP: 5 days, 1 hour sessions per day.
AFTER TAUGHT: ~20 min to card an order. 1-4 orders per day. (20m- 1h20m).
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The government convicts 1/13,698 online carders. 1/48 shoplifters for comparison. ANY associated risks will be methodically eliminated through proper digital OPSEC procedure. More detail in our Q&A channel w/ sources provided.
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- shireboy 4y agoJust assumed this was another FTX post.
- dehrmann 4y agoExcept for the withdrawal "hack" shenanigans, there's doesn't seem to be any outright fraud there.
- dvdhnt 4y agoHi, you can report internet related financial crimes to the FBI's Internet Crimes Complaint Center: https://www.ic3.gov/ https://www.ic3.gov/
- bombcar 4y agoThis is likely the best you can do. If the information is of use, it will be filtered into their systems. You might also be able to report it to coinbase, but I don't know what they do beyond cancelling accounts.
- yakak 4y ago> I don't know what they do beyond cancelling accounts. Unless they've got sophisticated with payment URLs, I don't think they couldn't do that on this alone. These kinds of spams would quickly become a DOS attack on other people's accounts, and some spammers could even be planning to get a refund from a wallet holder they only presume to be gullible.
- Invictus0 4y agoFrom their FAQ: Q: Who should file a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)? You may file a complaint with the IC3 if you believe you have been the victim of an Internet crime or if you want to file on behalf of another person you believe has been such a victim. Since I haven't been a victim, I don't think I can make a report.
- 4y ago