Stolen Credit Card Fraud

This cluster discusses the widespread use of stolen credit cards for fraud, including card testing, bulk purchases from dark web markets, and challenges in detecting such activity on online services.

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Sample Comments

bouk Nov 14, 2013 View on HN

Credit card theft like you describe is already possible and already happens

miohtama Oct 27, 2022 View on HN

Likely somebody made a payment with a stolen credit card.

davidcbc Oct 18, 2023 View on HN

Hope the bots don't discover stolen credit cards

foepys Sep 1, 2016 View on HN

The credit card was most likely stolen. You can buy them in bulk from some websites.

joedev Feb 23, 2013 View on HN

How do you know when a user is using stolen credit cards?

discordance Jul 6, 2020 View on HN

“Enter your credit card number to see if it’s been hacked for free!”

mgkimsal Sep 27, 2017 View on HN

someone committed credit card fraud by stealing your identifying information. maybe that's a more technically accurate description?

oblio Nov 19, 2025 View on HN

Can't people spoof the first two and use a stolen credit card number?

jlgaddis Aug 15, 2017 View on HN

You mean the stolen credit cards they'd quite possibly use?

RainyDayTmrw Feb 23, 2025 View on HN

What's the solution for bad actors using your product to test stolen credit cards?