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> maybe it’s only relevant in international shipments That's mostly it. Buying merchandise from US websites that either don't ship international at all, or put
by tyingq 3y ago
> maybe it’s only relevant in international shipments
That's mostly it. Buying merchandise from US websites that either don't ship international at all, or put increased scrutiny on purchases with us-payment-method + overseas-shipment.
And mostly to be able to convert stolen credit card numbers into physical goods. The US still does most purchases with just CC# + billing zip code + CVV2 number.
There are also legit freight forwarders, but they often also have a fair amount of customers (not most, but some) that use them for this same purpose.
- colinsane 3y agoOH, i thought the person wishing to remain anonymous was the seller — not the buyer. but if it’s buyers buying things with stolen CC’s, instead of sellers selling physically-stolen merchandise to regular ebay users (for example), then this makes more sense.