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"A Los Angeles-based Internet company said that 140,000 fake credit card charges, worth $5.07 each, were processed through its transaction system Thursday, in a computer scam that may have affected as many as 25 companies.
The apparent fraud suggests that a computer criminal may have obtained a sizable list of stolen credit card numbers and was testing them for validity, credit card fraud expert Dan Clements said."
"Running cards through the authorization process is worthwhile to criminals, because they now have some 60,000 valid cards to sell on the black market, according to Clements, a credit card fraud expert who operates CardCops.com."
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Check your statements people! If you have one of these bogus charges, call your CC company and get them to issue you a new card/number. Full details can be found in the link above.
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"A Los Angeles-based Internet company said that 140,000 fake credit card charges, worth $5.07 each, were processed through its transaction system Thursday, in a computer scam that may have affected as many as 25 companies.
The apparent fraud suggests that a computer criminal may have obtained a sizable list of stolen credit card numbers and was testing them for validity, credit card fraud expert Dan Clements said."
"Running cards through the authorization process is worthwhile to criminals, because they now have some 60,000 valid cards to sell on the black market, according to Clements, a credit card fraud expert who operates CardCops.com."
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Check your statements people! If you have one of these bogus charges, call your CC company and get them to issue you a new card/number. Full details can be found in the link above.
This message has been brought to you by the ATOT Ferengi Alliance.
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