'Brilliant' Identity Theft Scheme Targets Child Porn Buyers

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via ABC News' "The Blotter".

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A ring of European cyber criminals have devised an ingenious scheme that
steals the credit card information of internet buyers of child pornography,
law enforcement sources say. Officials call it a "brilliant" system because
victims rarely complain for fear of being identified as a child porn
purchaser.

Authorities say an on-going investigation centers around an East European
crime ring that operates numerous child pornography websites. When a person
attempts to purchase access to the sites, they are directed to a bogus
payment processor page and instructed to enter their credit card
information, including CVC code and expiration date. Investigators say the
criminal ring uses the credit card information to purchase new child
pornography domain names and ISP hosting space. When victims discover the
fraud, instead of reporting it to law enforcement, they typically just pay
the charge and report the card lost or stolen, officials say.

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More:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/brilliant_ident.html

- - ferg

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