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Good idea, but I assume whatever merchant they are using is getting charge backs all the time so they probably know who they are. That's assuming they are even
by jiggy2011 14y ago
Good idea, but I assume whatever merchant they are using is getting charge backs all the time so they probably know who they are.
That's assuming they are even using a legit merchant account as opposed to just stealing numbers which are exploited in some other way.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoJust yesterday I ran into someone's computer hit with a variant on this scam[0], which was demanding you buy them a prepaid debit card to pay off the ransom. Seems nearly impossible to trace back to the extortionist if they're careful about spending them. [0] http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/august/new-internet-scam http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/august/new-internet-sca...