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Reporting Stolen Credit Card Lists?
harlows_monkeys asks: "I just received a spam, at both home and work, both sent through trojaned Windows machines, offering to sell me a credit card database stolen from camcontacts.net.
Included was a link to a sample of the database (no, I'm not providing a link!). I downloaded the sample, and it appears legit. There are 13000 numbers. I picked one of the Visa numbers, went to Visa's web site, and entered it in a form to sign up for fraud protection, and it accepted it, and identified the issuing bank. It was accepted. All indications are that this stuff is real.
So, the question arises--what is the correct way to deal with this?
"I called Visa, and after they spent a while figuring out what department was responsible, all they could suggest was call local law enforcement, and if I wanted to talk to Visa's security people, call back at 9am when they get in.
American Express didn't even suggest calling local law enforcement. They just suggested calling back when their security people got in in the morning.
I then called the FBI. They said to call the Secret Service and gave the number.
At the Secret Service, I ran into an answering machine that gave their office hours.
It seems to me that there should be -someone- who would be interested in a widely-sent spam that links to 13000 credit card numbers, with expiration date and customer name and zip code, so as to stop these from being fraudulently used, but it escapes me who that would be--I struck out with all my candidates.
Is it just me, or does the indifference of Visa and Amex to this shock anyone else?"
American Express didn't even suggest calling local law enforcement. They just suggested calling back when their security people got in in the morning.
I then called the FBI. They said to call the Secret Service and gave the number.
At the Secret Service, I ran into an answering machine that gave their office hours.
It seems to me that there should be -someone- who would be interested in a widely-sent spam that links to 13000 credit card numbers, with expiration date and customer name and zip code, so as to stop these from being fraudulently used, but it escapes me who that would be--I struck out with all my candidates.
Is it just me, or does the indifference of Visa and Amex to this shock anyone else?"
But seriously, either the secret service, the credit card companies OR the Unites States Postal Service (I believe it's a crime to "mail" stolen items).
..........FULL STOP.
I'm extremely trustworthy and will NOT do anything wrong with the numbers. I'll be a witness to this horrible theft, and I'll send out mass mailings with sections of the database to ensure that such deeds are not gone unnoticed by the general public.
Er... wait...
No no, call Outpost.com and start ordering computers. That's going to be even faster.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
Who was the email from?? (the forged email address, name, whatever)
;)
What was the subject of the email???
I recieve 100+ spams a day, that email may still be in my spam folder now!!
You can tell how powerful someone is by the magnitude of the crime they can commit and be able to get away with.
Criminals don't knock off at 5pm.
They do if they're union.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?