July 28, 2006
Cashing in on Phishing
Evidently the criminals that utilize stolen credit card and ATM numbers for profit are called Cashers. Wired profiles a former Casher, and this is my favorite part:
It was his mother who introduced him to the online world of card thieves. In 2002, after completing a stint in drug rehab, his mother, “a big-time eBay seller,” sent him a link to Counterfeit Library, a website that catered to fraud artists.
“She knew I was into that stuff,” Dillinger says. “I used to send her these huge $150 gift baskets every Mother’s Day (paid for) with someone else’s credit-card number. So she pointed this (site) out to me.”
Who needs criminal help when you have a mom? Good read on the in’s and out’s of phishing and other credit card related cyber crime.
Confessions of a Cybermule [Wired]
