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Card scammers attack spammers

25 May 2006

Posted by Sean McManus

Criminals who trade in stolen credit card data are starting to rip off spammers, according to The Register. Card scammers sign up as affiliates and earn commission for generating sales. Only they're not sending spam to create sales, they're plugging in stolen credit card data. That means they waltz off with the goods and the commission while the evil spam sponsors face a high level of charge-backs and fraud investigations. Few people will shed any tears for the spammers, whose greed has destroyed email as a communication medium and made it inconvenient and unreliable for most people.


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# posted by Sean McManus at 10:11 AM

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