Stealing credit card numbers is a crazy way to make a living, and we've certainly seen more than a few crazies showing up on police blotters lately. You might have heard about the thief who used a stolen credit card account to purchase the same meal at Burger King every day for almost a month. Or the master criminals who ran their budding enterprise from a hotel room they rented with a stolen credit card. Or the clever outlaw who operated a sophisticated credit card fraud scheme from his jail cell.
Sadly, not all credit card fraud stories end with a punch line, or even a conviction. Credit card fraud affects everyone, from merchants that cover the cost of chargebacks to public figures such as U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye. His account information ended up in the hands of a Georgia woman who used it to buy $12,000 in Walmart gift cards.
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