U.K. CREDIT CARD FRAUD - 22/10/90 - Written by CREDITMAN
U.K. credit card fraud is a lot easier than over in the States. The
same basic 3 essentials
are needed -
1…A safehouse.
2…Credit card numbers with Xp date and
address.
3…Good suppliers of next day delivery goods.
1…The Safehouse
The safehouse should be on the ground floor, so as not to piss off
the delivery man when he
comes to drop off your freshly stolen gear.
If he has to go up 10 flights in a complete dive
and some 14 year old
kid signs for an A2000 then he’s gonna wonder! Make sure there are no
to work during
daytime. Safehouses are usually obtained by paying a
month’s rent in advance or putting down a
deposit of say, Å“200.
Either that or break into a place and use that.
2…Credit
Card Numbers.
The card number, expiry date, start date (if possible), full name
(including middle inital), phone number and full address with postcode
are ideal. If you can
only get the sirname, and no postcode, you
shouldn’t have any real hassle. Just say you moved
recently to your
new address. Phone number is handy, if it just rings and rings but if
it doesn’t, then make sure it’s ex-directory. You CANNOT get away
with giving them a bullshit
phone number. Some fussy companies want
phone numbers just to cross-check on CARDNET but
generally it’s not
needed. To recap, here’s a quick check-list…
1.Card
number and Xpiry date.
2.Name and address of card holder.
3.First name/initials
(OPTIONAL)
4.Start date (OPTIONAL)
5.Postcode (OPTIONAL)
6.Phone number
(OPTIONAL)
If you have all 6, then you shouldn’t have any hassle. Start date is
the rarest item you could be asked for, postcode and initals being
more common. If you are
missing 3-6 then you need one helluva smooth-
talking bastard on the phone line!!!!
Not everyone can order Å“1000’s of stuff - it’s not easy. You have to
advise that you only order
up to Å“500 worth of stuff in one go, but if
you have details 1-6 and the phone number will
NOT be answered from 9-
5.30 P.M. then go up to Å“1000 (make sure it’s a GOLD card!). When
of suppliers you need
e.g.if you want to card 5 hard-drives, make sure
you have 15 suppliers. A lot of the time,
they are either out stock,
can’t do next day delivery or won’t deliver to a different
address.
Quick check list of what you must ask before handing over number -
1.Next day delivery, OK?
2.Ordered to different address to card, OK?
3.Do you have item
in stock (pretty obvious, eh?)
Make sure you ask ALL of these questions before handing
over your
precious number.
Excuses…
Usual excuses for a different address
are that it’s a present or
you’re on business here for the next 5 weeks etc. Any old
bullshit
why it won’t go to the proper address.
WARNING!*******Invoices!*******WARNING!
Invoices are sometimes sent out with the actual parcel
but they are
also sent out to the card owners (why do you think they need the
address
for?) so using a safehouse for more than 2 days is risky. A 1
day shot is safe, if they catch
on then they’ll stop the goods before
getting a search warrant.
Credit
Limits…
Limits on cards reach from Å“500 to Å“4000 on Gold cards. Your average
card
will be about Å“1000-Å“1500. It takes a while to build up a good
credit rating in order to
have large limits so don’t think every card
will hold 12 IBM 386’s! Visa and Access are always
used - American
Xpress etc. are USELESS.
Access = Eurocard, Mastercard (begins
with 5)
Visa = (begins with 4, 16 digit is a Gold)
A general rule is, always
confirm an order to make sure credit is
cleared. As the month goes on, credit is used up - the
bad times are
from 27th - 3rd which is when all the bills come in. Best time to
card is
around 11th or 12th, when the poor guy has paid off his last
bill so you can run up a new one
(he, he, he!).
Ideal items to card…
The best stuff is always computer
hard-ware as it’s next-day. Amigas,
ST’s, PC’s - anything really. Blank discs are a waste of
time,
they’re too heavy. Xternal drives, monitors - good stuff basically.
Don’t order
any shit like VCR’s, hi-fi, video-cameras, music
keyboards, computer software, jewerely or
anything under Å“300. You’ll
find the listed items are difficult to get next day delivery
and
usually won’t deliver to a different address - bastards, eh? You’re
wasting your
time with little items under Å“300, try to keep deliveries
under 10 a day.
The
drop….
Two ways of doing the drop
1.Sign for all the gear (make sure you’re
there between 9.00 and
5.30 P.M.)
2.Don’t turn up till around 6.30 P.M. and
collect all the cards
that the delivery man has left. These usually say ‘you were out at XX
from our depot’. In that
case, piss off to the depot and get all the
gear (need a big car!).
Remember,
carding is ILLEGAL kiddies, so don’t do it unless you’re
going to cut me on it!!!!
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