Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Underground Market Selling Stolen Credit Cards

Wapack Labs recently identified a new private underground market. The market is targeting Amazon buyer gift cards and is also selling cloned credit and debit cards. The market only accepts Bitcoin as payment for these stolen goods and ships worldwide. It offers unique discreet shipping methods of cloned credit cards at different price points: $15 to mail the card in a birthday card, $25 to stuff the card inside a teddy bear, $50 to hide the card inside a calculator, and $100 to hide the card in non-working smartphone. They also offer a service that involves sending the product to abandoned houses or to a neighbor’s house. These physical delivery methods show diverse stolen credit card smuggling innovations. Each cloned card has a $4,000 - $7,000 balance with the correct PIN and a daily $500.00 cash withdrawal limit or $3,000.00 on line spending limit...READ MORE

Wapack Labs has cataloged and reported on underground markets and credit card theft in the past. An archive of related reporting can be found in the Red Sky Alliance portal.