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Fun fact: Encik Farhan literally translates to Mr. Farhan. It's a pseudonym.
by chewxy 13y ago
Fun fact: Encik Farhan literally translates to Mr. Farhan. It's a pseudonym.
- 300bps 13y agoNot only a pseudonym, but likely paying with stolen credit cards. If a real person attempted to do 100 chargebacks on a single credit card - or even 10, that would be a massive red flag to his credit card company. I think it's just as likely this person is using stolen credit cards and the real owners of the credit cards are the ones that are initiating the (legitimate) chargebacks as soon as they discover the fraudulent charge.
- sbarre 13y agoWouldn't Amazon Payments have some kind of red flag on their end if this person keeps changing the credit card they have on file each time they make a payment? I agree with your theory though, just seems like Amazon might have a blind spot
- iancarroll 13y agoWhy use the same Amazon Payments account?
- epsylon 13y agoIf it's the same backer, using the same kickstarter account, then it's likely that it's the same amazon payments account.
- ghaff 13y agoIf someone is using stolen credit cards, why would they bother using them for kickstarters? This whole thing just seems very odd.
- ceejayoz 13y agoGiving thousands of dollars to some Kickstarters gets you pretty neat stuff. Amazon's also less likely to run up the fraud flag if they're not on the hook for the stolen items as they would be if ordered from Amazon rather than a Kickstarter project.
- uxp 13y agoAlso, Ebay is just around the corner. Buying merchandise, especially high end or expensive merchandise, has always been a simple way to "drain" a stolen card, even if you end up selling it for less than retail price on the third market. It's a lot less suspicious (generally) to go on a shopping spree than it is to withdraw 10 grand from an ATM. Between about December of last year and August of this year, a Pebble watch was running at about $300, new in box, until Pebble was able to finally build up enough supply to begin shipping them from their storefront. That's a 100% return on someone else's money, if you don't get caught.
- yen223 13y agoIf I had to guess, Kickstarter probably has looser fraud protection.
- yen223 13y agoIs this guy Malaysian?