Credit card fraud - have fraudsters details

LNicolefish on 25/08/2021 - 16:15

I recently disputed some fraudulent transactions and was sent the details of the transaction from the vendor including the person's name, mobile, address and email address. Old mate was very easy to find on Facebook, and his pages confirms other details. Can I take these details to the police or anywhere else useful?

I sure hope he enjoyed his Adidas shoes, I'm wondering how all my card details including ccv were used. Old mate was dumb enough to use an email with his name in it.

This was all confirmed in the letter too, and a few other transactions occurred at the same time which have been returned to me.

I'm not sure if I'll get the funds back because mail takes too long to get to darwin, I apparently had until the 20th august to follow up but just got it today. Letter was dated 6th august yeesh.

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Comments

  • ascorbic on 25/08/2021 - 16:20

    Sign him up for all the junk you can think of so he gets spam calls, mail etc. Send him dog shit even.

    Can I take these details to the police or anywhere else useful?

    Yes, make a police report.

  • Mechz on 25/08/2021 - 16:22
    +10

    How do you know the fraudsters didn't use the person you found as a front for their actions. Said front might not actually know what went down if they were hacked etc.

    • Nicolefish on 25/08/2021 - 16:30

      That's my other thought too. Should I let him know? There's a mobile number too, is there a way to check if it matches his name?

      Email has his name, suburb matches facebook and the profile looks legitimate. Though the physical address is entered strangely in addition to his name (last name, last name, first name).
      Maybe I should ask him what size shoe he is and if he enjoyed his purchase plus how he got a 15% discount and a picture too because what kind of sneakers are $200?

  • this is us on 25/08/2021 - 16:25
    +8

    You should ask police?

    How do you know that the actual fraudster didn't use this person's details as they usually do?

    If the fraudster is the person, the fact that he used an email address with his name just means that he is pretty sure he will get away with that.

    • lovesabargain77 on 25/08/2021 - 17:03

      Giving a whole new meaning to saying that I have to stop buying shit off the internet.

  • Autonomic on 25/08/2021 - 17:02

    Is this person in the same state as you? If they actually physically had access to your card and took details down then that's one thing.

    If they didn't then it's much more likely that they've simply bought something being sold by a hacker using fraudulent credit cards to launder money through eBay.

    If they're clever enough to have access to leaked credit card details then I doubt they'd be dumb enough to order something with their actual name and address.

  • GG57 on 25/08/2021 - 17:05
    +4

    Just let the police handle it.

  • blitz on 25/08/2021 - 17:07
    +5

    OP, that person could be a mule. They may have no idea their details have been compromised. Just go to the police with it.

  • MeesusEff on 25/08/2021 - 17:29
    +1

    When someone hacked my PayPal and bought himself a pair of $300 Nike's, I called them up within 2 hours to cancel it, managed to log in to view the order. No real name but was set to deliver to a business address. Nike still sent them the damn order, so guess that's their problem.

  • dericiousjam on 25/08/2021 - 21:41
    +5

    Hi Nicolefish, I work in fraud department for a bank. He is most definitely not the fraudster but a the victim of a fraudster. Fraudsters monetize people like him by selling him things for a discount and collecting cash off him (which equates to the fraudster's profit). If you want to get a better chance of finding the real offender, you may want to ask the old man about details of who he bought it from. It will be a real uphill battle though so I also recommending leaving this to the police.

    • Nicolefish on 26/08/2021 - 09:17

      That sounds likely here,
      Do you have any ideas how they could have gotten my card details? What's common these days?

      • dericiousjam on 26/08/2021 - 19:57
        +1

        Great question. Most card compromises actually happen because merchants experience data breaches. By targeting merchants, offenders can grab hold of hundred and thousands of cards at once as opposed to targeting individuals one at a time.

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